Numbers 19:11
Whoever touches the dead body of any man will be unclean for seven days.
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He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
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Leviticus 21:1Yahweh said to Moses: “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, 'No one among you shall make himself unclean for those who die among his people,
Leviticus 22:4None of the descendants of Aaron who has an infectious skin disease, or an infection flowing from his body, may eat any of the sacrifices made to Yahweh until he is clean. Whoever touches anything unclean through contact with the dead, or by contact with a man who has a flow of semen,
Numbers 6:6During all the time that he separates himself to Yahweh, he must not come near a dead body.
Numbers 9:10“Speak to the people of Israel. Say, 'If any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body, or are on a long journey, he may still keep the Passover to Yahweh.'
Numbers 31:19You must camp outside the camp of Israel for seven days. All of you who have killed anyone and or have touched any dead person—you must purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day—you and your prisoners.
Ezekiel 39:12For seven months the house of Israel will bury them in order to purify 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 →