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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/numbers/19.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/19.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220Whoever touches a human corpse will be unclean for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/19.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“All those who touch a dead human body will be ceremonially unclean for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘He who touches the dead body of anyone shall be unclean seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘The one who touches the dead body of any person will also be unclean for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216The one who touches the corpse of any person shall be unclean for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘The one who touches the corpse of any person shall be unclean for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />‘The one who touches the corpse of any person shall be unclean for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘The one who touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“The person who touches any human corpse will be unclean for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The person who touches any human corpse will be unclean for seven days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If you touch a dead body, you will be unclean for seven days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Whoever touches the dead body of any human being will be unclean for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Those who touch a corpse are ritually unclean for seven days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Whoever comes in contact with the body of a dead person is to remain unclean for seven days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"'Whoever touches the corpse of any person will be ceremonially unclean seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />He who is coming against the dead body of any man is unclean [for] seven days;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'He who is coming against the dead body of any man -- is unclean seven days;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He touching upon the dead of any soul of man and he was unclean seven days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He that toucheth the corpse of a man, and is therefore unclean seven days, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Whoever touches the corpse of a man, and is, because of this, unclean for seven days,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Those who touch the corpse of any human being will be unclean for seven days;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Those who touch the dead body of any human being shall be unclean seven days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he who touches the dead body of any soul of man shall be defiled seven days.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He that toucheth the dead, even any man's dead body, shall be unclean seven days;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />He that touches the dead body of any man, shall be unclean seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/19-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=6075" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/19.htm">Purification of the Unclean</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5060.htm" title="5060: han·nō·ḡê·a‘ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. Lay the hand upon; by implication, to reach; violently, to strike.">Whoever touches</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: lə·ḵāl (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">any</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: bə·mêṯ (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">dead</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: ’ā·ḏām (N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: ne·p̄eš (N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">body</a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: wə·ṭā·mê (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">will be unclean</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘aṯ (Number-msc) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">for seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/21-1.htm">Leviticus 21:1-4</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people, / except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother, / or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/11-31.htm">Leviticus 11:31-32</a></span><br />These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening. / When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/5-2.htm">Leviticus 5:2-3</a></span><br />Or if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty. / Or if he touches human uncleanness—anything by which one becomes unclean—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/haggai/2-13.htm">Haggai 2:13</a></span><br />So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2</a></span><br />“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/31-19.htm">Numbers 31:19</a></span><br />All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/21-22.htm">Deuteronomy 21:22-23</a></span><br />If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree, / you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-25.htm">Ezekiel 44:25-27</a></span><br />A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person. However, for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister, he may do so, / and after he is cleansed, he must count off seven days for himself. / And on the day he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he must present his sin offering, declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">2 Chronicles 29:5</a></span><br />“Listen to me, O Levites,” he said. “Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove from the Holy Place every impurity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/52-11.htm">Isaiah 52:11</a></span><br />Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-44.htm">Luke 11:44</a></span><br />Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-28.htm">Acts 10:28</a></span><br />He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/21-26.htm">Acts 21:26</a></span><br />So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-17.htm">2 Corinthians 6:17</a></span><br />“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He that touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.</p><p class="hdg">toucheth the dead.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/11-12.htm">Leviticus 11:12,27,39</a></b></br> Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that <i>shall be</i> an abomination unto you… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/19-16.htm">Numbers 19:16</a></b></br> And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2</a></b></br> Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/9-6.htm">Numbers 9:6,10</a></b></br> And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: … </p><p class="hdg">man.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/19-8.htm">Body</a> <a href="/mark/15-45.htm">Corpse</a> <a href="/numbers/16-48.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/numbers/19-4.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-6.htm">Touches</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-6.htm">Toucheth</a> <a href="/numbers/16-26.htm">Touching</a> <a href="/numbers/19-10.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/19-13.htm">Body</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-23.htm">Corpse</a> <a href="/numbers/19-13.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/numbers/19-14.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/numbers/19-13.htm">Touches</a> <a href="/numbers/19-13.htm">Toucheth</a> <a href="/numbers/19-16.htm">Touching</a> <a href="/numbers/19-13.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 19</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/19-1.htm">The water of separation made of the ashes of a red heifer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/19-11.htm">The law for the use of it in purification of the unclean</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/19.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/19.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Whoever touches any dead body</b><br>In the context of ancient Israel, touching a dead body was considered a source of ritual impurity. This law was given to the Israelites as part of the Mosaic Law, which emphasized the holiness and purity required to approach God. The concept of impurity from a dead body underscores the separation between life and death, and the need for purification to maintain holiness. This regulation also served practical purposes, as it helped prevent the spread of disease. In a broader biblical context, death is often associated with sin (<a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a>), and thus contact with death required purification.<p><b>will be unclean</b><br>The term "unclean" in the biblical sense refers to a state of ritual impurity, not moral sinfulness. Being unclean meant that an individual was temporarily barred from participating in communal worship and certain social activities. This state required specific purification rituals to restore the person to a state of ceremonial cleanliness. The concept of uncleanness is prevalent throughout Leviticus and Numbers, highlighting the importance of purity in worship and community life. It also points to the need for spiritual cleansing, which is ultimately fulfilled in the New Testament through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who cleanses believers from sin (1 <a href="/john/1-7.htm">John 1:7</a>).<p><b>for seven days</b><br>The period of seven days for purification is significant in biblical numerology, where the number seven often symbolizes completeness or perfection. This time frame allowed for a complete cycle of purification, ensuring that the individual was fully restored to a state of ritual cleanliness. The seven-day period also reflects the creation week, where God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh, symbolizing a complete and perfect work. In the New Testament, the concept of purification is transformed through Christ, who offers complete and eternal cleansing from sin, rendering the old purification rituals obsolete (<a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10-14</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses_and_aaron.htm">Moses and Aaron</a></b><br>As leaders of the Israelites, they were responsible for conveying God's laws, including those concerning ceremonial cleanliness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The recipients of the law, living in the wilderness, who were required to adhere to these purity laws as part of their covenant relationship with God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites, where maintaining ceremonial cleanliness was crucial for participation in worship and community life.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_red_heifer.htm">The Red Heifer</a></b><br>The ashes of the red heifer were used in the purification process for those who became unclean by touching a dead body, as described earlier in <a href="/bsb/numbers/19.htm">Numbers 19</a>.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness_journey.htm">The Wilderness Journey</a></b><br>The context in which these laws were given, highlighting the need for order and holiness among God's people as they journeyed to the Promised Land.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_ceremonial_law.htm">Understanding Ceremonial Law</a></b><br>The laws of cleanliness were given to teach the Israelites about holiness and the separation from sin and death. They served as a constant reminder of God's purity and the need for His people to be set apart.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_death_and_life.htm">Symbolism of Death and Life</a></b><br>Touching a dead body symbolized contact with death, which is the result of sin. The purification process pointed to the need for spiritual cleansing and the hope of resurrection and eternal life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_community.htm">The Role of Community</a></b><br>These laws emphasized the importance of community responsibility. The unclean person was temporarily separated to prevent defilement of the community, teaching the value of communal holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ_as_our_purifier.htm">Christ as Our Purifier</a></b><br>In the New Testament, Jesus fulfills the purification laws. Believers are cleansed from sin through His sacrifice, which is superior to the Old Testament rituals.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/practical_holiness.htm">Practical Holiness</a></b><br>While the specific laws of cleanliness are not applicable today, the principle of living a life set apart for God remains. Believers are called to pursue holiness in all aspects of life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 19</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_7-day_uncleanness_historically_justified.htm">Numbers 19:11: Is there evidence that a seven-day period of uncleanness after contact with the dead had practical or historical justification? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_'unclean_until_evening'.htm">What does 'unclean until evening' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_leviticus_21_1-4_historically_accurate.htm">How historically accurate is the claim in Leviticus 21:1–4 that any contact with the dead (apart from immediate family) defiled a priest? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_defilement.htm">What does the Bible say about being defiled?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) <span class= "bld">He that toucheth the dead body . . . --</span>The defilement caused by touching the dead body of a beast lasted only until <span class= "ital">the </span>evening (<a href="/leviticus/11-24.htm" title="And for these you shall be unclean: whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even.">Leviticus 11:24</a>). The death of man was the wages of sin; and hence contact with the dead body of a man was attended by ceremonial defilement of longer duration.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Shall be unclean seven days.</span> The fact of defilement by contact with the dead had been mentioned before (<a href="/leviticus/21-1.htm">Leviticus 21:1</a>; <a href="/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2</a>; <a href="/numbers/6-6.htm">Numbers 6:6</a>; <a href="/numbers/9-6.htm">Numbers 9:6</a>), and had no doubt been recognized as a religious pollution from ancient times; but the exact period of consequent uncleanness is here definitely fixed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/19-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Whoever touches</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ</span> <span class="translit">(han·nō·ḡê·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5060.htm">Strong's 5060: </a> </span><span class="str2">To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">any</span><br /><span class="heb">לְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">dead</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמֵ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> </span><span class="str2">To die, to kill</span><br /><br /><span class="word">body</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶ֣פֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ne·p̄eš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be unclean</span><br /><span class="heb">וְטָמֵ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṭā·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become unclean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבְעַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(šiḇ·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days.</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/19-11.htm">OT Law: Numbers 19:11 He who touches the dead body (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/19-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 19:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 19:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/19-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 19:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 19:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>