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Numbers 19:11
'The one who touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean for seven days.
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Hebrew Names Version
He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:
He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:
King James Version
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
Lexham English Bible
"‘The one who touches a corpse of any person will be unclean for seven days.
"‘The one who touches a corpse of any person will be unclean for seven days.
English Standard Version
"Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days.
"Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days.
New Century Version
"Those who touch a dead person's body will be unclean for seven days.
"Those who touch a dead person's body will be unclean for seven days.
New English Translation
"‘Whoever touches the corpse of any person will be ceremonially unclean seven days.
"‘Whoever touches the corpse of any person will be ceremonially unclean seven days.
New American Standard Bible
'The one who touches the dead body of any person will also be unclean for seven days.
'The one who touches the dead body of any person will also be unclean for seven days.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Hee that toucheth the dead body of any man, shalbe vncleane euen seuen dayes.
Hee that toucheth the dead body of any man, shalbe vncleane euen seuen dayes.
Legacy Standard Bible
‘The one who touches the corpse of any person shall be unclean for seven days.
‘The one who touches the corpse of any person shall be unclean for seven days.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said: If you touch a dead body, you will be unclean for seven days.
The Lord said: If you touch a dead body, you will be unclean for seven days.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Anyone who touches a corpse, no matter whose dead body it is, will be unclean for seven days.
"Anyone who touches a corpse, no matter whose dead body it is, will be unclean for seven days.
Darby Translation
He that toucheth a dead person, any dead body of a man, shall be unclean seven days.
He that toucheth a dead person, any dead body of a man, shall be unclean seven days.
Easy-to-Read Version
Those who touch a dead body will be unclean for seven days.
Those who touch a dead body will be unclean for seven days.
George Lamsa Translation
He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
Good News Translation
Those who touch a corpse are ritually unclean for seven days.
Those who touch a corpse are ritually unclean for seven days.
Christian Standard Bible®
“The person who touches any human corpse will be unclean for seven days.
“The person who touches any human corpse will be unclean for seven days.
Literal Translation
He that touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
He that touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who so now toucheth a deed ma, shal be vncleane seuen dayes:
Who so now toucheth a deed ma, shal be vncleane seuen dayes:
American Standard Version
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:
Bible in Basic English
Anyone touching a dead body will be unclean for seven days:
Anyone touching a dead body will be unclean for seven days:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He that toucheth the dead body of any man, shalbe vncleane seuen dayes.
He that toucheth the dead body of any man, shalbe vncleane seuen dayes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He that toucheth the dead, even any man's dead body, shall be unclean seven days;
He that toucheth the dead, even any man's dead body, shall be unclean seven days;
King James Version (1611)
He that toucheth the dead body of any man, shall bee vncleane seuen dayes.
He that toucheth the dead body of any man, shall bee vncleane seuen dayes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He that touches the dead body of any man, shall be unclean seven days.
He that touches the dead body of any man, shall be unclean seven days.
English Revised Version
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:
Berean Standard Bible
Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.
Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He that touchith a deed bodi of man, and is vncleene for this bi seuene daies,
He that touchith a deed bodi of man, and is vncleene for this bi seuene daies,
Young's Literal Translation
`He who is coming against the dead body of any man -- is unclean seven days;
`He who is coming against the dead body of any man -- is unclean seven days;
Update Bible Version
He that touches any dead body of man shall be unclean seven days:
He that touches any dead body of man shall be unclean seven days:
Webster's Bible Translation
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
World English Bible
He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:
He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:
New King James Version
"He who touches the dead body of anyone shall be unclean seven days.
"He who touches the dead body of anyone shall be unclean seven days.
New Living Translation
"All those who touch a dead human body will be ceremonially unclean for seven days.
"All those who touch a dead human body will be ceremonially unclean for seven days.
New Life Bible
"The one who touches the dead body of any person will be unclean for seven days.
"The one who touches the dead body of any person will be unclean for seven days.
New Revised Standard
Those who touch the dead body of any human being shall be unclean seven days.
Those who touch the dead body of any human being shall be unclean seven days.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He that toucheth the dead, even any human person, shall be unclean seven days.
He that toucheth the dead, even any human person, shall be unclean seven days.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He that toucheth the corpse of a man, and is therefore unclean seven days,
He that toucheth the corpse of a man, and is therefore unclean seven days,
Revised Standard Version
"He who touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days;
"He who touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days;
THE MESSAGE
"Anyone who touches a dead body is ritually unclean for seven days. He must purify himself with the Water-of-Cleansing on the third day; on the seventh day he will be clean. But if he doesn't follow the procedures for the third and seventh days, he won't be clean. Anyone who touches the dead body of anyone and doesn't get cleansed desecrates God 's Dwelling and is to be excommunicated. For as long as the Water-of-Cleansing has not been sprinkled on him, he remains ritually unclean.
"Anyone who touches a dead body is ritually unclean for seven days. He must purify himself with the Water-of-Cleansing on the third day; on the seventh day he will be clean. But if he doesn't follow the procedures for the third and seventh days, he won't be clean. Anyone who touches the dead body of anyone and doesn't get cleansed desecrates God 's Dwelling and is to be excommunicated. For as long as the Water-of-Cleansing has not been sprinkled on him, he remains ritually unclean.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'The one who touches the corpse of any person shall be unclean for seven days.
'The one who touches the corpse of any person shall be unclean for seven days.
Contextual Overview
11'The one who touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean for seven days.12'That one shall purify himself from uncleanness with the water [made with the ashes of the burned heifer] 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'Whoever touches a corpse, the body of anyone who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the LORD; and that person shall be cut off from Israel [that is, excluded from the atonement made for them]. Because the water for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still on him. 14'This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be [ceremonially] unclean for seven days. 15'Every open container [in the tent], which has no covering tied down on it, is unclean. 16'Also, anyone in the open field who touches one who has been killed with a sword or who has died [of natural causes], or a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean for seven days. 17'Then for the unclean person they shall take some of the ashes of the heifer burnt for the purification from sin, and running water shall be added to them in a container. 18'A clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the furnishings and on the people who were there, and on the one who touched the bone or the one who was killed or the one who died [naturally] or the grave. 19'Then the clean person shall sprinkle [the water for purification] on the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day, and on the seventh day the unclean man shall purify himself, and wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and shall be [ceremonially] clean at evening. 20'But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from among the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water for purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
toucheth the dead: He who touched a dead beast was only unclean for one day - Leviticus 11:12, Leviticus 11:27, Leviticus 11:39, but he who touches a dead man is unclean for seven days. This was certainly designed to show the peculiar impurity and sinfulness of man, and the hatefulness of sin, seven times worse than the vilest animal! Numbers 19:16, Numbers 5:2, Numbers 9:6, Numbers 9:10, Numbers 31:19, Leviticus 11:31, Leviticus 21:1, Leviticus 21:11, Lamentations 4:14, Haggai 2:13, Romans 5:12, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Ephesians 2:1, Hebrews 9:14
man: Heb. soul of man
Reciprocal: Genesis 50:10 - seven days Leviticus 5:2 - touch Leviticus 5:3 - the uncleanness Leviticus 7:19 - General Leviticus 7:21 - the uncleanness Leviticus 15:13 - seven days Leviticus 22:4 - unclean Numbers 6:6 - he shall come Numbers 31:13 - without the camp 2 Chronicles 35:6 - sanctify Isaiah 65:4 - remain Ezekiel 39:14 - they shall Ezekiel 44:26 - General Hosea 9:4 - as
Cross-References
Genesis 19:28
and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley [of the Dead Sea]; and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a kiln (pottery furnace).
and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley [of the Dead Sea]; and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a kiln (pottery furnace).
Genesis 19:29
Now when God ravaged and destroyed the cities of the plain [of Siddim], He remembered Abraham [and for that reason], and He sent [Abraham's nephew] Lot out of the midst of the destruction, when He destroyed the cities in which Lot had lived.
Now when God ravaged and destroyed the cities of the plain [of Siddim], He remembered Abraham [and for that reason], and He sent [Abraham's nephew] Lot out of the midst of the destruction, when He destroyed the cities in which Lot had lived.
2 Kings 6:18
When the Arameans came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, "Please strike this people (nation) with blindness." And God struck them with blindness, in accordance with Elisha's request.
When the Arameans came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, "Please strike this people (nation) with blindness." And God struck them with blindness, in accordance with Elisha's request.
Ecclesiastes 10:15
The labor of a fool so wearies him [because he is ignorant] that he does not even know how to go to a city.
The labor of a fool so wearies him [because he is ignorant] that he does not even know how to go to a city.
Isaiah 57:10
"You were wearied by the length of your road, Yet you did not say, 'It is no use.' You found renewed strength, Therefore you did not grow weak.
"You were wearied by the length of your road, Yet you did not say, 'It is no use.' You found renewed strength, Therefore you did not grow weak.
Jeremiah 2:36
"Why do you go around and wander so much Changing your way? Also, you will be shamed by Egypt As you were shamed by Assyria.
"Why do you go around and wander so much Changing your way? Also, you will be shamed by Egypt As you were shamed by Assyria.
Acts 13:11
"Now, watch! The hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, [so blind that you will be] unable to see the sun for a time." Immediately a mist and darkness fell upon him, and he groped around, seeking people to lead him by the hand.
"Now, watch! The hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, [so blind that you will be] unable to see the sun for a time." Immediately a mist and darkness fell upon him, and he groped around, seeking people to lead him by the hand.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He that toucheth the dead body of any man,.... A man and not a beast, as Aben Ezra observes; for he that touched the dead body of a beast was unclean only until evening, Leviticus 11:24; any man, Jew or Gentile, as the same writer notes: this is instanced in, as being the principal pollution, though not the only one, yet so some think, for which the water of purification made of the ashes of the burnt heifer was appointed:
shall be unclean seven days; the reason of which is, because death is the fruit of sin, which is of a defiling nature, and to show that all that are dead in sins are defiled and defiling, and are not to be touched, or to have communion and fellowship held with them but to be abstained from.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
One practical effect of attaching defilement to a dead body, and to all that touched it, etc., would be to insure early burial, and to correct a practice not uncommon in the East, of leaving the deal to be devoured by the wild beasts.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Numbers 19:11. He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. — How low does this lay man! He who touched a dead beast was only unclean for one day, Leviticus 11:24; Leviticus 11:27; Leviticus 11:39; but he who touches a dead man is unclean for seven days. This was certainly designed to mark the peculiar impurity of man, and to show his sinfulness - seven times worse than the vilest animal! O thou son of the morning, how art thou fallen!
