⁶ 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

⁷ and said to Moses, “We have become unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be kept from presenting the Lord’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?^(A)”

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

¹⁶ “Anyone out in the open who touches someone who has been killed with a sword or someone who has died a natural death,^(A) or anyone who touches a human bone^(B) or a grave,^(C) will be unclean for seven days.^(D)