Numbers 19:13-14

13 '¹Anyone who touches a corpse, the body of a man who has died, and does not purify himself, ²defiles the tabernacle of the LORD; and that person shall be cut off from Israel. Because the water for impurity was not ³sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still on him.

14 'This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean for seven days.

Numbers 19:13-14 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 7:21; Leviticus 22:3-7
• 2. Leviticus 15:31; Leviticus 20:3; Numbers 19:20
• 3. Numbers 19:19

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "soul"
• [b]. Lit "dwelling place"
• [c]. Or "thrown"