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16 Whoever is out in an open field and touches the body of[a] someone who was killed by a sword, or a dead body, or someone’s bones, or a grave, he is to be considered unclean for seven days.

17 “Now as for the unclean, they are to take ashes from the burning sin offering, and pour running water on it inside a vessel. 18 A clean person is to take some hyssop, dip it in water, and then sprinkle it on the tent, on every vessel, and on whoever[b] was there (that is, on whoever touched the bones, the killed person, or the dead body, including whoever dug the grave).

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 19:16 The Heb. lacks the body of
  2. Numbers 19:18 Lit. souls