Numbers 19:11-22
Legacy Standard Bible
11 ‘(A)The one who touches the corpse of any [a]person shall be unclean for seven days. 12 That one shall (B)purify himself from uncleanness 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 corpse, the [c]body of a man who has died, and does not purify himself, [d](D)makes the [e]tabernacle of Yahweh unclean; and that person shall be cut off from Israel. Because the water for impurity was not [f](E)splashed on him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still on him.
14 ‘This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean for seven days. 15 And every open vessel, which has no covering [g]tied down on it, shall be unclean. 16 (F)Also, anyone who in the open field touches one who has been slain with a sword or who has died naturally, or a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean for seven days. 17 Then for the unclean person they shall take some of the [h]ashes of the [i]burnt [j](G)purification from sin and [k]flowing water shall be [l]added to them in a vessel. 18 And a clean person shall take 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 the one who touched the bone or the one slain or the one dying 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 from uncleanness, and he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and shall be clean by evening.
20 ‘But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself from uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly because he has [m](I)made the sanctuary of Yahweh unclean; the water for impurity has not been [n]splashed on him; he is unclean. 21 So it shall be a perpetual statute for them. And he (J)who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening. 22 (K)Furthermore, anything that the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the person who touches it shall be unclean until evening.’”
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- Numbers 19:11 Lit soul of man
- Numbers 19:12 Lit it
- Numbers 19:13 Lit soul
- Numbers 19:13 Or defiles, cf. Lev 20:3; Ezek 23:28
- Numbers 19:13 Lit dwelling place
- Numbers 19:13 Lit thrown
- Numbers 19:15 Lit cord
- Numbers 19:17 Lit dust
- Numbers 19:17 Lit burning of the
- Numbers 19:17 Or sin offering
- Numbers 19:17 Lit living
- Numbers 19:17 Lit put
- Numbers 19:20 Or defiled, cf. Lev 20:3; Ezek 23:28
- Numbers 19:20 Lit thrown
Numbers 19:11-22
Lexham English Bible
11 “‘The one who touches a corpse of any person[a] will be unclean for seven days. 12 He will purify himself on the third day, and on the seventh day he will be clean. If he does not purify himself on the third day, he will not be clean on the seventh day. 13 Anyone who touches a corpse, the person of a human being who died, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of Yahweh, and that person will be cut off from Israel because the waters of impurity were not sprinkled on him. He will still be unclean, and uncleanness is on him.
14 “‘This is the law of a person who dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and all who are in the tent will be unclean seven days. 15 Every container that is opened that does not have a lid cord[b] on it is unclean. 16 Anyone in the open field[c] who touches one who has been slain,[d] or a corpse, or a bone of a person, or a burial site, he will be unclean for seven days. 17 For the unclean person they will take[e] from the powder of the burnt purification offering,[f] and they will put[g] running water into a container. 18 A clean person will take hyssop and dip it into the water and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the objects and persons who were there, and on one who touched the bone, or the one slain, or the dead, or the burial site. 19 The clean person will spatter the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he will purify him, and he will wash his garments; he will bathe in the waters, and in the evening he will be clean. 20 But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person will be cut off from the midst of the assembly because he defiled the sanctuary of Yahweh; the water of impurity was not sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
21 “‘It will be an eternal decree for them. The one who spatters the waters of impurity will wash his garments, and the one who touches the waters of impurity will be unclean until the evening. 22 Anything that the unclean person touches will be unclean, and the person who touches it will be unclean until the evening.’”
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- Numbers 19:11 Literally “any human person”
- Numbers 19:15 That is, “that does not have a lid tied shut”
- Numbers 19:16 Literally “upon the face of a field”
- Numbers 19:16 Literally “the dead of sword”
- Numbers 19:17 Hebrew “he will take”
- Numbers 19:17 Or “burning of the sin offering”
- Numbers 19:17 Hebrew “he will put”
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