Numbers 19:11
He that toucheth a dead person, any dead body of a man, shall be unclean seven days.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 21:1And Jehovah said to Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none make himself unclean for a dead person among his peoples,
Leviticus 22:4Whatsoever man of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a flux, he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. And he that toucheth any one that is unclean by a dead person, or a man whose seed of copulation hath passed from him;
Numbers 6:6All the days that he hath consecrated himself to Jehovah, he shall come near no dead body.
Numbers 9:10Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any one of you or of your generations be unclean by reason of a dead body or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall hold the passover to Jehovah.
Numbers 31:19And encamp outside the camp seven days; whoever hath killed a person, and whoever hath touched any slain; ye shall purify yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day, you and your captives.
Ezekiel 39:12And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land;
Matthew Henry on Numbers 19:2-11
The Ashes of Purification. ( b. c. 1471.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: 3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and… Read the whole commentary →