Numbers 19:16
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And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.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.
In other translations
And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.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.
Hebrew words
וְכֹלvekholand everyH3605אֲשֶׁר־'asher-[one] whoH834יִגַּעyiga'he will touchH5060עַל־'al-onH5921פְּנֵיpenei[the] face ofH6440הַשָּׂדֶהhasadehthe fieldH7704בַּחֲלַל־bachalal-<in> [one] slain ofH2491חֶרֶבchereva swordH2719אוֹ'oorH176בְמֵתvemet<in> a dead [body]H4191אוֹ־'ov-orH176בְעֶצֶםve'etzem<in> a bone ofH6106אָדָם'adama humanH120אוֹ'oorH176בְקָבֶרvekaver<in> a graveH6913יִטְמָאyitma'he will be uncleanH2930שִׁבְעַתshiv'atsevenH7651יָמִים׃yamimdaysH3117
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Related verses
- Numbers 31:19And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.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.
- Numbers 19:11He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.
- Matthew 23:27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
- Luke 11:44Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”
- Ezekiel 39:11-1611 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon–gog. 12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. 13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord God. 14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.11 And on that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog. 12 For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. 13 All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day I display My glory, declares the Lord GOD. 14 And men will be employed to continually pass through the land to cleanse it by burying the invaders who remain on the ground. At the end of the seven months they will begin their search.
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