Numbers 19:16
“Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
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15Every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is unclean.
Cross References
Leviticus 21:1+ 21:1. Lev 21:1 (Lev 21:1-6) (#2b.144): T. The Cohenim ·Priests· shall not become unclean by contact with the dead / R. A Cohen ·Priest· must not defile himself for anyone except relatives Adonai said to Moses [Drawn out], “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron [Light-bringer], and say to them, ‘A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people;
Numbers 6:6+ 6:6. Num 6:6 (Num 6:2, 6:6-8) (#1.24): T. The Nazarite shall separate himself and not enter under any covering where there is a corpse and thus become defiled and unclean / R. The Nazarite must not be under the same roof as a corpse “‘All the days that he separates himself to Adonai he shall not go near a dead body.
Numbers 19:11“He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
Matthew 23:27“Woe to you, Torah-Teachers and Pharisees [Separated], hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
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 →