Numbers 19:11

What does Numbers 19:11 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 19:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Anyone touching a dead body will be unclean for seven days:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`He who is coming against the dead body of any man--is unclean seven days;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

He that toucheth the corpse of a man, and is therefore unclean seven days,

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

He that toucheth a dead person, any dead body of a man, shall be unclean seven days.

Context

v.10And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.

v.11This passage

v.12the same shall purify himself therewith on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Leviticus 11:31

    These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.

  • Numbers 9:6

    And there were certain men, who were unclean by reason of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

  • Numbers 5:2

    Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is unclean by the dead:

  • Lamentations 4:14

    They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.

  • Haggai 2:13

    Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by reason of a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.

  • Numbers 19:16

    And whosoever in the open field toucheth one that is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

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