11 (A)“Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days. 12 He (B)shall cleanse himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day, and so be clean. But if he does not cleanse himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not become clean. 13 Whoever touches a dead person, the body of anyone who has died, and does not cleanse himself, (C)defiles the tabernacle of the Lord, (D)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 (E)open vessel that has no cover fastened on it is unclean. 16 (F)Whoever in the open field touches someone who was killed with a sword or who died naturally, or touches a human bone or a (G)grave, shall be unclean seven days. 17 For the unclean they shall take (H)some ashes of the burnt sin offering, and fresh[a] water shall be added in a vessel. 18 Then a clean person shall take (I)hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the furnishings and on the persons who were there and on whoever touched the bone, or the slain or the dead or the grave. 19 And the clean person shall sprinkle it on the unclean (J)on the third day and on the seventh day. (K)Thus on the seventh day he shall cleanse him, and he shall (L)wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and at evening he shall be clean.

20 “If the man who is unclean does not cleanse himself, (M)that person shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, since he has defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. Because the water for impurity has not been thrown on him, he is unclean. 21 And it shall be a statute forever for them. The one who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and the one who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening. 22 And (N)whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean, and anyone who touches it shall be unclean until evening.”

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  1. Numbers 19:17 Hebrew living

11 (A)The one who touches the dead body of any [a]person will also be unclean for seven days. 12 That one shall (B)purify himself with [b]the water on the third day and on the seventh day, and 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. 13 (C)Anyone who touches a dead body, the [c]body of a person who has died, and does not purify himself, (D)defiles the [d]tabernacle of the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from Israel. Since the water for impurity was not (E)sprinkled on him, he will be unclean; his uncleanness is still on him.

14 ‘This is the law when a person dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent will be unclean for seven days. 15 And every open container, which has no cover tied down on it, will be unclean. 16 (F)Also, anyone who in the open field touches one who has been killed with a sword or one who has died naturally, or touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days. 17 Then for the unclean person they shall take some of the [e]ashes of the [f]burnt [g](G)purification from sin and [h]running water shall be [i]added to them in a container. 18 And a clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all the furnishings, on the persons who were there, and on the one who touched the bone or the one who was killed or the one who died naturally, or the grave. 19 Then the clean person (H)shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he shall purify him, and he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and will be clean by evening.

20 ‘But the person who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he has (I)defiled the sanctuary of the Lord; the water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him, so he is unclean. 21 So it shall be a permanent statute for them. And the one (J)who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and the one who touches the water for impurity will be unclean until evening. 22 (K)Furthermore, anything that the unclean person touches will be unclean; and the person who touches it will be unclean until evening.’”

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  1. Numbers 19:11 Lit soul of mankind
  2. Numbers 19:12 Lit it
  3. Numbers 19:13 Lit soul
  4. Numbers 19:13 Lit dwelling place
  5. Numbers 19:17 Lit dust
  6. Numbers 19:17 Lit burning of the
  7. Numbers 19:17 Or sin offering
  8. Numbers 19:17 Lit living
  9. Numbers 19:17 Lit given