Numbers 19:11 “Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.”

Numbers 19:11

Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

World English Bible

“He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

American Standard Version

He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:

Geneva Bible 1599

Hee that toucheth the dead body of any man, shalbe vncleane euen seuen dayes.

Darby Translation

He that toucheth a dead person, any dead body of a man, shall be unclean seven days.

Young's Literal Translation

'He who is coming against the dead body of any man — is unclean seven days;

Bible in Basic English

Anyone touching a dead body will be unclean for seven days:

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Cross references

“toucheth the dead”

Numbers 5:2 Numbers 31:19 Leviticus 21:1 Numbers 19:16 Numbers 9:6 Numbers 9:10

Numbers 5:2 · BSB

“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.

Numbers 31:19 · BSB

All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives.

Leviticus 21:1 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,

Numbers 19:16 · BSB

Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

Numbers 9:6 · BSB

But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same day

Numbers 9:10 · BSB

“Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10The man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.

12He must 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 and seventh days, he will not be clean.

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