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Numbers 19:14-16
New English Translation
Numbers 19:14-16
New English Translation
14 “‘This is the law: When a man dies[a] 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. 16 And whoever touches the body of someone killed with a sword in the open fields,[b] or the body of someone who died of natural causes,[c] or a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean seven days.[d]
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- Numbers 19:14 tn The word order gives the classification and then the condition: “a man, when he dies….”
- Numbers 19:16 tn The expression for “in the open field” is literally “upon the face of the field” (עַל־פְּנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה, ʿal pene hassadeh). This ruling is in contrast now to what was contacted in the tent.
- Numbers 19:16 tn Heb “a dead body,” but in contrast to the person killed with a sword, this must refer to someone who died of natural causes.
- Numbers 19:16 sn See Matt 23:27 and Acts 23:3 for application of this by the time of Jesus.
Numbers 19:14-16
New International Version
Numbers 19:14-16
New International Version
14 “This is the law that applies when a person dies in a tent: Anyone who enters the tent and anyone who is in it will be unclean for seven days, 15 and every open container(A) without a lid fastened on it will be unclean.
16 “Anyone out in the open who touches someone who has been killed with a sword or someone who has died a natural death,(B) or anyone who touches a human bone(C) or a grave,(D) will be unclean for seven days.(E)
Numbers 19:14-16
King James Version
Numbers 19:14-16
King James Version
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.
16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
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