But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
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Gill's Exposition
But the man that shall be unclean,.... By touching any dead body, bone, or grave:
and shall not purify himself; with the water of purification:
that soul shall be cut off from among the…
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…
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…
A second use of the -water of impurity."
Mere presence under the same roof as the dead, without actual contact, causes defilement.
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