Numbers 19:11-12

11 '¹The one who touches the corpse of any person * shall be unclean for seven days.

12 'That one shall ²purify himself from uncleanness with the water on the third day and on the seventh day, and then he will be clean; but if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not be clean.

Numbers 19:11-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 19

This chapter contains a law for making a water for purification for sin, the ingredients of which are the ashes of a red heifer burnt, about which many things are observed, Nu 19:1-10; the use of the water made of them, to purify such as were unclean by the touch of a dead body, Nu 19:11-13; some rules are given, by which it might be known who were unclean on account of a dead body, Nu 19:14-16; the manner of purifying such persons, Nu 19:17-19; and the punishment of those that should neglect purification, Nu 19:20-22.

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 21:1, 11; Numbers 5:2; Numbers 6:6; Acts 21:26, 27
• 2. Numbers 19:19; Numbers 31:19

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "soul of man"
• [b]. Lit "it"