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.

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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.

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