13 (A)Anyone who touches a corpse, the [a]body of a man 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. Because the water for impurity was not [c](C)sprinkled 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 Every open vessel, which has no covering [d]tied down on it, shall be unclean.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 19:13 Lit soul
  2. Numbers 19:13 Lit dwelling place
  3. Numbers 19:13 Or thrown
  4. Numbers 19:15 Lit cord