Numbers 19

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19 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

²This is the ritual of the law which the Lord has commanded: Tell the Israelites to bring you a red heifer without spot, in which is no blemish, upon which a yoke has never come.

³And you shall give her to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her outside the camp, and she shall be slaughtered before him.

⁴Eleazar the priest shall take some of her blood with his finger and sprinkle it toward the front of the Tent of Meeting seven times.

⁵The heifer shall be burned in his sight, her skin, flesh, blood, and dung.

⁶And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet [stuff] and cast them into the midst of the burning heifer.

⁷Then the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; afterward he shall come into the camp, but he shall be unclean until evening.

⁸He who burns the heifer shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening.

⁹And a man who is clean shall collect the ashes of the heifer and put them outside the camp in a clean place, and they shall be kept for the congregation of the Israelites for the water for impurity; it is a sin offering.

¹⁰And he who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until evening. This shall be to the Israelites and to the stranger who sojourns among them a perpetual statute.

¹¹He who touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean for seven days.

¹²He shall purify himself with the water for impurity [made with the ashes of the burned heifer] on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean. But if he does not purify himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.

¹³Whoever touches the corpse of any who has died and does not purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from Israel. Because the water for impurity was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still upon him.

¹⁴This 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 for seven days.

¹⁵And every open vessel, which has no covering fastened upon it, is unclean.

¹⁶And whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a dead man, or a grave, shall be unclean for seven days.

¹⁷And for the unclean, they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin offering, and the running water shall be put with it in a vessel.

¹⁸And a clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons who were there, and upon him who touched the bone, or the slain, or the naturally dead, or the grave.

¹⁹And the clean person shall sprinkle [the water for purification] upon the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day, and on the seventh day the unclean man shall purify himself, and wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at evening.

²⁰But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. The water for purification has not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

²¹And it shall be a perpetual statute to them. He who sprinkles the water for impurity [upon another] shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening.

²²And whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean, and anyone who touches it shall be unclean until evening.

Numbers 19

New International Version

The Water of Cleansing

19 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: ²“This is a requirement of the law that the Lord has commanded: Tell the Israelites to bring you a red heifer^(A) without defect or blemish^(B) and that has never been under a yoke.^(C) ³Give it to Eleazar^(D) the priest; it is to be taken outside the camp^(E) and slaughtered in his presence. ⁴Then Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle^(F) it seven times toward the front of the tent of meeting. ⁵While he watches, the heifer is to be burned—its hide, flesh, blood and intestines.^(G) ⁶The priest is to take some cedar wood, hyssop^(H) and scarlet wool^(I) and throw them onto the burning heifer. ⁷After that, the priest must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water.^(J) He may then come into the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean till evening. ⁸The man who burns it must also wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he too will be unclean till evening.

⁹“A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer^(K) and put them in a ceremonially clean place^(L) outside the camp. They are to be kept by the Israelite community for use in the water of cleansing;^(M) it is for purification from sin.^(N) ¹⁰The man who gathers up^(O) the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he too will be unclean till evening.^(P) This will be a lasting ordinance^(Q) both for the Israelites and for the foreigners residing among them.^(R)

¹¹“Whoever touches a human corpse^(S) will be unclean for seven days.^(T) ¹²They must purify themselves with the water on the third day and on the seventh day;^(U) then they will be clean. But if they do not purify themselves on the third and seventh days, they will not be clean.^(V) ¹³If they fail to purify themselves after touching a human corpse,^(W) they defile the Lord’s tabernacle.^(X) They must be cut off from Israel.^(Y) Because the water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, they are unclean;^(Z) their uncleanness remains on them.

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, ¹⁵and every open container^(AA) 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,^(AB) or anyone who touches a human bone^(AC) or a grave,^(AD) will be unclean for seven days.^(AE)

¹⁷“For the unclean person, put some ashes^(AF) from the burned purification offering into a jar and pour fresh water^(AG) over them. ¹⁸Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop,^(AH) dip it in the water and sprinkle^(AI) the tent and all the furnishings and the people who were there. He must also sprinkle anyone who has touched a human bone or a grave^(AJ) or anyone who has been killed or anyone who has died a natural death. ¹⁹The man who is clean is to sprinkle^(AK) those who are unclean on the third and seventh days, and on the seventh day he is to purify them.^(AL) Those who are being cleansed must wash their clothes^(AM) and bathe with water, and that evening they will be clean. ²⁰But if those who are unclean do not purify themselves, they must be cut off from the community, because they have defiled^(AN) the sanctuary of the Lord.^(AO) The water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, and they are unclean.^(AP) ²¹This is a lasting ordinance^(AQ) for them.

“The man who sprinkles the water of cleansing must also wash his clothes, and anyone who touches the water of cleansing will be unclean till evening. ²²Anything that an unclean^(AR) person touches becomes unclean, and anyone who touches it becomes unclean till evening.”

Números 19

Nueva Traducción Viviente

Agua para la purificación

19 El Señor les dijo a Moisés y a Aarón: ²«Este es otro requisito legal ordenado por el Señor: díganle al pueblo de Israel que traiga una novilla de color rojizo, un animal perfecto sin defectos y al que nunca se le haya colocado un yugo para el arado. ³Entréguenla al sacerdote Eleazar para que sea llevada fuera del campamento y la maten en su presencia. ⁴Entonces Eleazar tomará con el dedo un poco de la sangre y la rociará siete veces hacia el frente del tabernáculo.^[a] ⁵La novilla será quemada por completo—la piel, la carne, la sangre y el estiércol—en presencia de Eleazar. ⁶Después, el sacerdote Eleazar tomará un palo de cedro,^[b] una rama de hisopo y un poco de hilo escarlata y los arrojará en el fuego donde se quema la novilla.

⁷»Luego el sacerdote lavará su ropa y se bañará en agua. Después podrá volver al campamento, aunque permanecerá ceremonialmente impuro hasta el anochecer. ⁸El hombre que queme el animal también lavará su ropa y se bañará en agua, y también permanecerá impuro hasta el anochecer. ⁹Luego, alguien que esté ceremonialmente puro recogerá las cenizas de la novilla y las depositará fuera del campamento en un lugar ceremonialmente puro. Las conservarán allí para que la comunidad de Israel las use en el agua para la ceremonia de purificación. Esta ceremonia se realiza para quitar los pecados. ¹⁰El hombre que recoja las cenizas de la novilla también lavará su ropa y quedará ceremonialmente impuro hasta el anochecer. Esta será una ley perpetua para los israelitas y para todo extranjero que viva entre ellos.

¹¹»El que toque el cadáver de un ser humano quedará ceremonialmente impuro durante siete días. ¹²Esta persona debe purificarse el tercer y el séptimo día con el agua de la purificación; entonces quedará purificada; pero si no lo hace el tercer y el séptimo día, quedará impura aun después del séptimo día. ¹³El que toque un cadáver y no se purifique de la debida manera contamina el tabernáculo del Señor y será excluido de la comunidad de Israel. Ya que no se roció con el agua de la purificación, su contaminación continúa.

¹⁴»La siguiente ley ritual se aplicará cuando alguien muera dentro de una carpa: todos los que entren en esa carpa y los que se encontraban en ella cuando la muerte ocurrió quedarán ceremonialmente impuros durante siete días. ¹⁵Todo recipiente abierto en la carpa que no estaba cerrado con tapa también estará contaminado. ¹⁶Y si alguien en el campo abierto toca el cadáver de alguien que mataron a espada o que murió de muerte natural, o si alguien toca un hueso de ser humano o una tumba, esa persona quedará contaminada durante siete días.

¹⁷»Para quitar la contaminación, pongan en un frasco parte de las cenizas de la ofrenda quemada de la purificación y echen agua fresca sobre ellas. ¹⁸Después, alguien ceremonialmente puro tomará una rama de hisopo y la mojará en el agua. Esa persona debe rociar el agua sobre la carpa, sobre todos los muebles de la carpa y sobre las personas que estaban en ella; también sobre la persona que tocó un hueso humano, o tocó a una persona que mataron o que murió de muerte natural, o tocó una tumba. ¹⁹La persona ceremonialmente pura rociará el agua sobre los que quedaron contaminados el tercer y el séptimo día. Después, el séptimo día, las personas en proceso de purificación deben lavar sus ropas y bañarse. Entonces esa noche quedarán limpios de su contaminación.

²⁰»Pero los que se contaminen y no se purifiquen serán excluidos de la comunidad, porque han contaminado el santuario del Señor. Ya que el agua de la purificación no se ha rociado sobre ellos, quedarán contaminados. ²¹Esta será una ley perpetua para el pueblo. Aquellos que rocíen el agua de la purificación deben lavar sus ropas después de hacerlo, y todo el que toque el agua usada para la purificación quedará contaminado hasta el anochecer. ²²Toda cosa o toda persona que toque a alguien contaminado, quedará ceremonialmente impura hasta el anochecer».

Footnotes

19:4 En hebreo de la carpa de reunión.
19:6 O enebro.

Numbers 19

New King James Version

Laws of Purification

19 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, ²“This is the ^[a]ordinance of the law which the Lord has commanded, saying: ‘Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without ^[b]blemish, in which there is no ^(A)defect ^(B)and on which a yoke has never come. ³You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, that he may take it ^(C)outside the camp, and it shall be slaughtered before him; ⁴and Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and ^(D)sprinkle some of its blood seven times directly in front of the tabernacle of meeting. ⁵Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight: ^(E)its hide, its flesh, its blood, and its offal shall be burned. ⁶And the priest shall take ^(F)cedar wood and ^(G)hyssop and scarlet, and cast them into the midst of the fire burning the heifer. ⁷^(H)Then the priest shall wash his clothes, he shall bathe in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp; the priest shall be unclean until evening. ⁸And the one who burns it shall wash his clothes in water, bathe in water, and shall be unclean until evening. ⁹Then a man who is clean shall gather up ^(I)the ashes of the heifer, and store them outside the camp in a clean place; and they shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel ^(J)for the water of ^[c]purification; it is for purifying from sin. ¹⁰And the one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until evening. It shall be a statute forever to the children of Israel and to the stranger who dwells among them.

¹¹^(K)‘He who touches the dead ^[d]body of anyone shall be unclean seven days. ¹²^(L)He shall purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not be clean. ¹³Whoever touches the body of anyone who has died, and ^(M)does not purify himself, ^(N)defiles the tabernacle of the Lord. That person shall be cut off from Israel. He shall be unclean, because ^(O)the water of purification was not sprinkled on him; ^(P)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; ¹⁵and every ^(Q)open vessel, which has no cover fastened on it, is unclean. ¹⁶^(R)Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain by a sword or who has died, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

¹⁷‘And for an unclean person they shall take some of the ^(S)ashes of the heifer burnt for purification from sin, and ^[e]running water shall be put on them in a vessel. ¹⁸A clean person shall take ^(T)hyssop and dip it in the water, sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, or on the one who touched a bone, the slain, the dead, or a grave. ¹⁹The clean person shall sprinkle the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day; ^(U)and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, wash his clothes, and bathe in water; and at evening he shall be clean.

²⁰‘But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from among the assembly, because he has ^(V)defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean. ²¹It shall be a perpetual statute for them. He who sprinkles the water of purification shall wash his clothes; and he who touches the water of purification shall be unclean until evening. ²²^(W)Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and ^(X)the person who touches it shall be unclean until evening.’ ”

Footnotes

Numbers 19:2 statute
Numbers 19:2 defect
Numbers 19:9 Lit. impurity
Numbers 19:11 Lit. soul of man
Numbers 19:17 Lit. living

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Numbers 19

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