Regulations for Conduct of Priests(A)

21 And the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: (B)‘None shall defile himself for the dead among his people,

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Rules for Priests

21 The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron,(A) and say to them: ‘A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean(B) for any of his people who die,(C)

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Now there were certain men who were (A)defiled by a human corpse, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day; (B)and they came before Moses and Aaron that day.

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But some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially unclean(A) on account of a dead body.(B) So they came to Moses and Aaron(C) that same day

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10 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If anyone of you or your [a]posterity is unclean because of a corpse, or is far away on a journey, he may still keep the Lord’s Passover.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 9:10 descendants

10 “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body(A) or are away on a journey, they are still to celebrate(B) the Lord’s Passover,

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11 (A)‘He who touches the dead [a]body of anyone shall be unclean seven days.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 19:11 Lit. soul of man

11 “Whoever touches a human corpse(A) will be unclean for seven days.(B)

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13 Whoever touches the body of anyone who has died, and (A)does not purify himself, (B)defiles the tabernacle of the Lord. That person shall be cut off from Israel. He shall be unclean, because (C)the water of purification was not sprinkled on him; (D)his uncleanness is still on him.

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13 If they fail to purify themselves after touching a human corpse,(A) they defile the Lord’s tabernacle.(B) They must be cut off from Israel.(C) Because the water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, they are unclean;(D) their uncleanness remains on them.

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19 And as for you, (A)remain outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person, and (B)whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day.

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19 “Anyone who has killed someone or touched someone who was killed(A) must stay outside the camp seven days.(B) On the third and seventh days you must purify yourselves(C) and your captives.

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