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'1The one who touches the corpse of anyperson* shall be unclean for sevendays.
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'That one shall 2purify himself from uncleanness with the water on the thirdday and on the seventhday, and then he will be clean; but if he does not purify himself on the thirdday and on the seventhday, he will not be clean.
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'3Anyone who touches a corpse, the body of a manwho has died, and does not purify himself, 4defiles the tabernacle of the LORD; and that person shall be cutoff from Israel. Because the water for impurity was not 5sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still on him.
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'This is the lawwhen a mandies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyonewho is in the tent shall be unclean for sevendays.
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'Everyopenvessel, whichhasnocoveringtieddown on it, shall be unclean.
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'6Also, anyonewho in the openfieldtouchesonewho has been slain with a swordor who has died naturally, or a humanboneor a grave, shall be unclean for sevendays.