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Numbers 19:16

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19:16And whoever touches the body of someone killed with a sword in the open fields,28 or the body of someone who died of natural causes,29 or a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean seven days.30

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  1. 28 The expression for “in the open field” is literally “upon the face of the field” (עַל־פְּנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה, ’al péne hassadeh). This ruling is in contrast now to what was contacted in the tent.
  2. 29 Heb “a dead body”; but in contrast to the person killed with a sword, this must refer to someone who died of natural causes.
  3. 30 See Matt 23:27 and Acts 23:3 for application of this by the time of Jesus.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Whoever in the open field touches someone who was killed with a sword or who died naturally, or touches a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Anyone in the open field who touches a person who has been killed by the sword or has died, or who even touches a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

NLTNew Living Translation

And if someone in an open field touches the corpse of someone who was killed with a sword or who died a natural death, or if someone touches a human bone or a grave, that person will be defiled for seven days.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Anyone in the open field who touches one who has been slain, or a corpse, or a bone of a person, or a burial site, he will be unclean for seven days.

KJV 1900King James Version

And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.