Numbers 19:14

This is the torah, when a man dieth in an ohel, all that come into the ohel, and all that is in the ohel, shall be tamei seven days.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

In Context

13Whosoever toucheth the body of any man that is dead, and maketh not himself tahor, makes tamei the Mishkan Hashem; and that nefesh shall be cut off from Yisroel; because the water of sprinkling was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be tamei; his tumah is yet upon him.

15And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is tamei.

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Cross References

Leviticus 15:32This is the torah of him that hath a discharge, and of him whose shikhvat zera goeth from him, and is made tamei therewith;

Leviticus 21:11Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor make himself tamei for his av, or for his em;

Numbers 6:6Kol yemei of his nezer (abstinence) unto Hashem he shall go not near nefesh met (dead body).

Numbers 9:6And there were certain men, who were teme'im by the nefesh (dead body) of an adam, that they could not observe the Pesach on that day; and they came before Moshe and before Aharon on that day;

Ezekiel 39:12And seven months shall Bais Yisroel be burying them, that they may make ha'aretz tahor.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 19:12-22

11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. 12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his… Read the whole commentary →

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