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13 (A)Anyone who touches a corpse, the [a]body of a man who has died, and does not purify himself, [b](B)makes the [c]tabernacle of Yahweh unclean; and that person shall be cut off from Israel. Because the water for impurity was not [d](C)splashed on him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still on him.

14 ‘This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean for seven days. 15 And every open vessel, which has no covering [e]tied down on it, shall be unclean.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 19:13 Lit soul
  2. Numbers 19:13 Or defiles, cf. Lev 20:3; Ezek 23:28
  3. Numbers 19:13 Lit dwelling place
  4. Numbers 19:13 Lit thrown
  5. Numbers 19:15 Lit cord