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Numbers 19:16
New English Translation
Numbers 19:16
New English Translation
16 And whoever touches the body of someone killed with a sword in the open fields,[a] or the body of someone who died of natural causes,[b] or a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean seven days.[c]
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- Numbers 19:16 tn The expression for “in the open field” is literally “upon the face of the field” (עַל־פְּנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה, ʿal pene hassadeh). This ruling is in contrast now to what was contacted in the tent.
- Numbers 19:16 tn Heb “a dead body,” but in contrast to the person killed with a sword, this must refer to someone who died of natural causes.
- Numbers 19:16 sn See Matt 23:27 and Acts 23:3 for application of this by the time of Jesus.
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