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14 “‘This is the law of a person who dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and all who are in the tent will be unclean seven days. 15 Every container that is opened that does not have a lid cord[a] on it is unclean. 16 Anyone in the open field[b] who touches one who has been slain,[c] or a corpse, or a bone of a person, or a burial site, he will be unclean for seven days.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 19:15 That is, “that does not have a lid tied shut”
  2. Numbers 19:16 Literally “upon the face of a field”
  3. Numbers 19:16 Literally “the dead of sword”

14 “This is the law that applies when a person dies in a tent: Anyone who enters the tent and anyone who is in it will be unclean for seven days, 15 and every open container(A) without a lid fastened on it will be unclean.

16 “Anyone out in the open who touches someone who has been killed with a sword or someone who has died a natural death,(B) or anyone who touches a human bone(C) or a grave,(D) will be unclean for seven days.(E)

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