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Numbers 19:16 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Numbers 19:16 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Numbers chapter 19 verse 16 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Numbers 19:16 (KJV)
Commentary on Numbers 19:16
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—This extends the contamination principle beyond tent-deaths to various death-contact scenarios. "Slain with a sword" (chalal cherev, חֲלַל חֶרֶב) refers to violent death in battle. The progression—whole body, partial remains ("bone"), or burial place ("grave")—shows death's contaminating power persists even in fragments and marked locations.Death defiles regardless of how it occurred or how much of the corpse remains. Even touching a single human...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Numbers 19:16
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“and whoever has touched any slain”
“He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.”
“scribes and Pharisees”
“that I will give to Gog a place for burial in Israel”