Numbers 19:22
What does Numbers 19:22 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 19:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Anything touched by the unclean person will be unclean; and any person touching it will be unclean till evening.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and all against which the unclean person cometh is unclean, and the person who is coming against <FI>it<Fi> is unclean till the evening.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Whatsoever a person toucheth who is unclean, he shall make it unclean: and the person that toucheth any of these things, shall be unclean until the evening.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And whatever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
Context
v.21And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them: and he that sprinkleth the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he that toucheth the water for impurity shall be unclean until even.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 5:2
Or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it be hidden from him, and he be unclean, then he shall be guilty.
- Mark 7:21
For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
- 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.
- Leviticus 15:5
And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
- Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:
- Leviticus 7:19
And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire. And as for the flesh, every one that is clean shall eat thereof:
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