Numbers 19:11

Translations

Modern

Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.

Traditional

He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

Literal

And He who touches against the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

Latin

Qui tetigerit cadaver hominis, et propter hoc septem diebus fuerit immundus,

Original

Hebrew

English

Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.

Notes

Numbers 19:11–19

If someone touched a human dead body, that person became ceremonially unclean for seven days (compare Leviticus 21:1–3). This meant a person was not allowed to take part in worship until they were made clean.

To become clean again, the person had to use the water of purification. This water was sprinkled on the third day and again on the seventh day.

Numbers 19:1–22

This section explains how ordinary Israelites can become ceremonially clean again after touching a corpse and avoid defiling the Tent of Meeting (see 9:4–12; Leviticus 17:15; 21:1–4, 11–12). God's holiness demands that the place of his presence remains pure and separate from pollution (compare 1 Corinthians 6:9–11, 18–20).

Theme notes and profiles

Clean, Unclean, and Holy

Related verses

Numbers 5:2
“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.
Numbers 31:19
All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives.
Leviticus 21:1
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,
Numbers 9:6
But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same day
Numbers 19:16
Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.
Numbers 9:10
“Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.
Haggai 2:13
So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.
Leviticus 21:11
He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
Lamentations 4:14
They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.
Romans 5:12
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
Leviticus 11:31
These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.
Ephesians 2:1
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

Glossary

Banish, Banishment Biblical Concept of Law Cleanness and Uncleanness, Regulations Concerning Deuteronomy, Book of Haggai, Book of Hyssop John the Baptist Numbers, Book of Water of Separation

Topics

Defilement: Caused by Touching the Dead Defilement: Ceremonial Caused by Touching a Dead Body or a Bone Mourning: Caused Ceremonial Defilement Purifications or Baptisms of Individuals Who Were Ceremonially Unclean Sanitation: Carcasses Sanitation: Contagion The Dead: Touching of, Caused Uncleanness Water of Separation

Numbers 19:11

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