Numbers 19:11–20

¹¹“Whoever touches a human corpse^k will be unclean for seven days.^{l 12}They must purify themselves with the water on the third day and on the seventh day;^m then they will be clean. But if they do not purify themselves on the third and seventh days, they will not be clean.^{n 13}If they fail to purify themselves after touching a human corpse,^o they defile the Lord’s tabernacle.^p They must be cut off from Israel.^q Because the water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, they are unclean;^r their uncleanness remains on them.

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, ¹⁵and every open container^s 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,^t or anyone who touches a human bone^u or a grave,^v will be unclean for seven days.^w

¹⁷“For the unclean person, put some ashes^x from the burned purification offering into a jar and pour fresh water^y over them. ¹⁸Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop,^z dip it in the water and sprinkle^a 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^b or anyone who has been killed or anyone who has died a natural death. ¹⁹The man who is clean is to sprinkle^c those who are unclean on the third and seventh days, and on the seventh day he is to purify them.^d Those who are being cleansed must wash their clothes^e and bathe with water, and that evening they will be clean. ²⁰But if those who are unclean do not purify themselves, they must be cut off from the community, because they have defiled^f the sanctuary of the Lord.^g The water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, and they are unclean.^h