11 (A)The one who touches the dead body of any [a]person will also be unclean for seven days. 12 That one shall (B)purify himself with [b]the water on the third day and on the seventh day, and then he will be clean; but if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not be clean. 13 (C)Anyone who touches a dead body, the [c]body of a person who has died, and does not purify himself, (D)defiles the [d]tabernacle of the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from Israel. Since the water for impurity was not (E)sprinkled on him, he will be unclean; his uncleanness is still on him.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 19:11 Lit soul of mankind
  2. Numbers 19:12 Lit it
  3. Numbers 19:13 Lit soul
  4. Numbers 19:13 Lit dwelling place

11 “Whoever touches a human corpse(A) will be unclean for seven days.(B) 12 They must purify themselves with the water on the third day and on the seventh day;(C) then they will be clean. But if they do not purify themselves on the third and seventh days, they will not be clean.(D) 13 If they fail to purify themselves after touching a human corpse,(E) they defile the Lord’s tabernacle.(F) They must be cut off from Israel.(G) Because the water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, they are unclean;(H) their uncleanness remains on them.

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