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Numbers 19:16-20

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 19:16-20

Numbers 31:19 - “All of you who have killed anyone or touched anyone who was killed must stay outside the camp ... Click to read the verse Numbers 31:19 Click to read the verse Numbers 31:19

Numbers 19:11 - “Whoever touches the dead body of anyone will be unclean for seven days. Click to read the verse Numbers 19:11 Click to read the verse Numbers 19:11

Numbers 9:6 - But some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially un... Click to read the verse Numbers 9:6 Click to read the verse Numbers 9:6

2 Kings 23:14 - Josiah smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles and covered the sites with huma... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 23:14 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 23:14

Luke 11:44 - “Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without knowing it.” Click to read the verse Luke 11:44 Click to read the verse Luke 11:44

Leviticus 11:39 - “‘If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean... Click to read the verse Leviticus 11:39 Click to read the verse Leviticus 11:39

Leviticus 21:1 - Rules for Priests The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to ... Click to read the verse Leviticus 21:1 Click to read the verse Leviticus 21:1

1 Samuel 20:26 - Saul said nothing that day, for he thought, “Something must have happened to David to make him ... Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 20:26 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 20:26

Lamentations 4:14 - Now they grope through the streets like men who are blind. They are so defiled with blood that ... Click to read the verse Lamentations 4:14 Click to read the verse Lamentations 4:14

Ezekiel 39:11-16 - “‘On that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, in the valley of those who travel east ... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 39:11-16 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 39:11-16

Matthew 23:27 - “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs,... Click to read the verse Matthew 23:27 Click to read the verse Matthew 23:27

Ezekiel 16:5 - No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rath... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:5 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:5

Luke 8:27 - When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time t... Click to read the verse Luke 8:27 Click to read the verse Luke 8:27

Ezekiel 39:12 - “‘For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. Click to read the verse Ezekiel 39:12 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 39:12