Numbers 19:11

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

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BSBPD

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

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KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
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“He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:”

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

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 19:11 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 11:31These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.
  2. Leviticus 21:1Then 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,
  3. Leviticus 21:11He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
  4. Leviticus 22:4If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,
  5. 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.
  6. Numbers 6:6Throughout the days of his separation to the LORD, he must not go near a dead body.
  7. Numbers 9:6But 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
  8. 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.
  9. Numbers 19:16Anyone 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.
  10. Numbers 31:19All 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.
  11. Lamentations 4:14They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.
  12. Ezekiel 39:12For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.
  13. Ezekiel 44:26and after he is cleansed, he must count off seven days for himself.
  14. Haggai 2:13So 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.
  15. Romans 5:12Therefore, 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.
  16. 2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
  17. Ephesians 2:1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
  18. Hebrews 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

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