Numbers 19:22

22 Anything that the unclean [person] touches will be unclean, and the person who touches [it] will be unclean until the evening.'"

Numbers 19:22 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 19:22

And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean,
&c.] Not the person unclean by sprinkling, or touching the water of purification, but the unclean person spoken of throughout the chapter, that was unclean by touching a dead body, bone, or grave; whatever that man touched, any vessel or thing, that was unclean also; or "whomsoever", any person, man or woman, for it respects both persons and things:

and the soul that toucheth it;
that which the unclean person hath touched; or "him", the unclean person, whether the unclean person touched him, or he the unclean person, or touched anything he had touched, he was unclean; denoting the spreading and infectious nature of sin, and how much sin and sinners are to be avoided; see ( Leviticus 15:4-12 Leviticus 15:19 Leviticus 15:20 ) .

Numbers 19:22 In-Context

20 But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person will be cut off from the midst of the assembly because he defiled the sanctuary of Yahweh; the water of impurity was not sprinkled on him; he [is] unclean.

21 " 'It will be an eternal decree for them. The one who spatters the waters of impurity will wash his garments, and the one who touches the waters of impurity will be unclean until the evening.

22 Anything that the unclean [person] touches will be unclean, and the person who touches [it] will be unclean until the evening.'"