13 (A)Anyone who touches a dead body, the [a]body of a person who has died, and does not purify himself, (B)defiles the [b]tabernacle of the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from Israel. Since the water for impurity was not (C)sprinkled on him, he will be unclean; his uncleanness is still on him.

14 ‘This is the law when a person dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent will be unclean for seven days. 15 And every open container, which has no cover tied down on it, will be unclean.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 19:13 Lit soul
  2. Numbers 19:13 Lit dwelling place

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.

14 “This is the law that applies when a person dies in a tent: Anyone who enters the tent and anyone who is in it will be unclean for seven days, 15 and every open container(E) without a lid fastened on it will be unclean.

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