Numbers 19:13-15
New English Translation
13 Anyone who touches the corpse of any dead person and does not purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the Lord. And that person must be cut off from Israel,[a] because the water of purification was not sprinkled on him. He will be unclean; his uncleanness remains on him.
14 “‘This is the law: When a man dies[b] in a tent, anyone who comes into the tent and all who are in the tent will be ceremonially unclean seven days. 15 And every open container that has no covering fastened on it is unclean.
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- Numbers 19:13 sn It is in passages like this that the view that being “cut off” meant the death penalty is the hardest to support. Would the Law prescribe death for someone who touches a corpse and fails to follow the ritual? Besides, the statement in this section that his uncleanness remains with him suggests that he still lives on.
- Numbers 19:14 tn The word order gives the classification and then the condition: “a man, when he dies….”
Numbers 19:13-15
King James Version
13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
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Numbers 19:13-15
New King James Version
13 Whoever touches the body of anyone who has died, and (A)does not purify himself, (B)defiles the tabernacle of the Lord. That person shall be cut off from Israel. He shall be unclean, because (C)the water of purification was not sprinkled on him; (D)his uncleanness is still on him.
14 ‘This is the law when a man dies in a tent: All who come into the tent and all who are in the tent shall be unclean seven days; 15 and every (E)open vessel, which has no cover fastened on it, is unclean.
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Numbers 19:13-15
English Standard Version
13 Whoever touches a dead person, the body of anyone who has died, and does not cleanse himself, (A)defiles the tabernacle of the Lord, (B)and that person shall be cut off from Israel; because the water for impurity was not thrown on him, he shall be unclean. His uncleanness is still on him.
14 “This is the law when someone dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean seven days. 15 And every (C)open vessel that has no cover fastened on it is unclean.
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