What Does Numbers 19:13 Mean?

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“Whosoever toucheth”

properly, to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive

“that is dead”

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

“and that soul”

properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment

“of any man”

ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“that is dead”

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“and purifieth”

properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“the tabernacle”

a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the temple); specifically, the tabernacle (properly, its w

“of the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“not himself defileth”

to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

“shall be cut off”

to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt

“and that soul”

properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“from Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“because the water”

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

“of separation”

properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal (menstruation) or moral (idolatry, incest)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“was not sprinkled”

to sprinkle (fluid or solid particles)

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“upon him he shall be unclean”

foul in a religious sense

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

“his uncleanness”

religious impurity