King James Version
Numbers 19:14 in the King James Version says “This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean ...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.”
Numbers 19:14 · KJV
He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“when a man”
H120ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“shall be unclean”
H2930to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
“seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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