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Numbers 19:13-20

13 Whoever touches the dead body of anyone and fails to purify himself defiles the Lord’s tabernacle. That person must be cut off from Israel. Because the water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on him, he is unclean; his uncleanness remains on him.

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 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, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

17 “For the unclean person, put some ashes from the burned purification offering into a jar and pour fresh water over them.

18 Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water and sprinkle the tent and all the furnishings and the people who were there. He must also sprinkle anyone who has touched a human bone or a grave or someone who has been killed or someone who has died a natural death.

19 The man who is clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third and seventh days, and on the seventh day he is to purify him. The person being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and that evening he will be clean.

20 But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he must be cut off from the community, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. The water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on him, and he is unclean.

Cross References for Numbers 19:13-20

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Proverbs 14:32 - When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down, but even in death the righteous have a refuge. Click to read the verse Proverbs 14:32 Click to read the verse Proverbs 14:32

Hebrews 10:29 - How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of G... Click to read the verse Hebrews 10:29 Click to read the verse Hebrews 10:29

Revelation 22:15 - Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the i... Click to read the verse Revelation 22:15 Click to read the verse Revelation 22:15

Numbers 19:20 - But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he must be cut off from the community, ... Click to read the verse Numbers 19:20 Click to read the verse Numbers 19:20

Leviticus 5:6 - and, as a penalty for the sin he has committed, he must bring to the Lord a female lamb or goat... Click to read the verse Leviticus 5:6 Click to read the verse Leviticus 5:6

Numbers 9:13 - But if a man who is ceremonially clean and not on a journey fails to celebrate the Passover, th... Click to read the verse Numbers 9:13 Click to read the verse Numbers 9:13

Numbers 19:18 - Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water and sprinkle t... Click to read the verse Numbers 19:18 Click to read the verse Numbers 19:18

Numbers 8:7 - To purify them, do this: Sprinkle the water of cleansing on them; then have them shave their wh... Click to read the verse Numbers 8:7 Click to read the verse Numbers 8:7

Leviticus 5:17 - “If a person sins and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though he does... Click to read the verse Leviticus 5:17 Click to read the verse Leviticus 5:17

Hebrews 2:2-3 - For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received ... Click to read the verse Hebrews 2:2-3 Click to read the verse Hebrews 2:2-3

Leviticus 5:3 - “‘Or if he touches human uncleanness—anything that would make him unclean—even though he is una... Click to read the verse Leviticus 5:3 Click to read the verse Leviticus 5:3

Leviticus 7:20 - But if anyone who is unclean eats any meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the Lord, th... Click to read the verse Leviticus 7:20 Click to read the verse Leviticus 7:20

Revelation 22:11 - Let him who does wrong continue to do wrong; let him who is vile continue to be vile; let him w... Click to read the verse Revelation 22:11 Click to read the verse Revelation 22:11

Leviticus 15:31 - “‘You must keep the Israelites separate from things that make them unclean, so they will not di... Click to read the verse Leviticus 15:31 Click to read the verse Leviticus 15:31

Leviticus 20:3 - I will set my face against that man and I will cut him off from his people; for by giving his c... Click to read the verse Leviticus 20:3 Click to read the verse Leviticus 20:3

Leviticus 22:3 - “Say to them: ‘For the generations to come, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean ... Click to read the verse Leviticus 22:3 Click to read the verse Leviticus 22:3

Numbers 15:30 - “‘But anyone who sins defiantly, whether native-born or alien, blasphemes the Lord, and that pe... Click to read the verse Numbers 15:30 Click to read the verse Numbers 15:30

Numbers 19:9 - “A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and put them in a ceremonially clea... Click to read the verse Numbers 19:9 Click to read the verse Numbers 19:9

John 8:24 - I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am the one I claim to ... Click to read the verse John 8:24 Click to read the verse John 8:24