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Numbers 19:11

Numbers 19:11
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

He that toucheth the dead body of any man,.... A man and not a beast, as Aben Ezra observes; for he that touched the dead body of a beast was unclean only until evening, Lev 11:24; any man, Jew or…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Numbers 19:11-22

One practical effect of attaching defilement to a dead body, and to all that touched it, etc., would be to insure early burial, and to correct a practice not uncommon in the East, of leaving the deal…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Numbers 19:11-22

Directions are here given concerning the use and application of the ashes which were prepared for purification. they were laid up to be laid out; and therefore, though now one place would serve to…