¹¹ He must not enter a place where there is a dead body.^(A) He must not make himself unclean,^(B) even for his father or mother,^(C)

² “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone who has a defiling skin disease^[a](A) or a discharge^(B) of any kind, or who is ceremonially unclean^(C) because of a dead body.^(D)

⁶ “‘Throughout the period of their dedication to the Lord, the Nazirite must not go near a dead body.^(A)

¹¹ “Whoever touches a human corpse^(A) will be unclean for seven days.^(B)

¹⁹ “Anyone who has killed someone or touched someone who was killed^(A) must stay outside the camp seven days.^(B) On the third and seventh days you must purify yourselves^(C) and your captives.

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