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Bible in Basic English

Anyone touching a dead body will be unclean for seven days:

New American Standard Bible

The one who touches the corpse of any person shall be unclean for seven days.

King James Version

He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

Holman Bible

“The person who touches any human corpse will be unclean for seven days.

International Standard Version

"Whoever comes in contact with the body of a dead person is to remain unclean for seven days.

A Conservative Version

He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

American Standard Version

He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:

Amplified

‘The one who touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean for seven days.

Darby Translation

He that toucheth a dead person, any dead body of a man, shall be unclean seven days.

Julia Smith Translation

He touching upon the dead of any soul of man and he was unclean seven days.

King James 2000

He that touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

Lexham Expanded Bible

" 'The one who touches a corpse of {any person} will be unclean for seven days.

Modern King James verseion

He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"'He that toucheth any dead person, shall be unclean seven days.

NET Bible

"'Whoever touches the corpse of any person will be ceremonially unclean seven days.

New Heart English Bible

"He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:

The Emphasized Bible

He that toucheth the dead, even any human person, shall be unclean seven days.

Webster

He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

World English Bible

"He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:

Youngs Literal Translation

He who is coming against the dead body of any man -- is unclean seven days;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נגע 
Naga` 
Usage: 150

the dead
מוּת 
Muwth 
Usage: 839

נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

of any man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

טמא 
Tame' 
Usage: 162

שׁבעה שׁבע 
Sheba` 
Usage: 395

Context Readings

Ashes Of The Red Heifer

10 And he who takes up the dust of the burned cow is to have his clothing washed with water and be unclean till evening: this is to be a law for ever, for the children of Israel as well as for the man from another country who is living among them. 11 Anyone touching a dead body will be unclean for seven days: 12 On the third day and on the seventh day he is to make himself clean with the water, and so he will be clean: but if he does not do this on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not be clean.

Cross References

Numbers 5:2

Give orders to the children of Israel to put outside the tent-circle every leper, and anyone who has any sort of flow from his body, and anyone who is unclean from the touch of the dead;

Leviticus 21:1

And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, Let no man make himself unclean for the dead among his people;

Numbers 31:19

You yourselves will have to keep outside the tent-circle for seven days, anyone of you who has put any person to death or come near a dead body; and on the third day and on the seventh day make yourselves and your prisoners clean.

Leviticus 21:11

He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;

Numbers 9:6

And there were certain men who were unclean because of a dead body, so that they were not able to keep the Passover on that day; and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

Numbers 9:10

Say to the children of Israel, If any one of you or of your families is unclean because of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, still he is to keep the Passover to the Lord:

Numbers 19:16

And anyone touching one who has been put to death with the sword in the open country, or the body of one who has come to his end by a natural death, or a man's bone, or the resting-place of a dead body, will be unclean for seven days.

Leviticus 11:31

All these are unclean to you: anyone touching them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.

Lamentations 4:14

They are wandering like blind men in the streets, they are made unclean with blood, so that their robes may not be touched by men.

Haggai 2:13

Then Haggai said, Will any of these be made unclean by the touch of one who is unclean through touching a dead body? And the priests answering said, It will be made unclean.

Romans 5:12

For this reason, as through one man sin came into the world, and death because of sin, and so death came to all men, because all have done evil:

2 Corinthians 6:17

For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,

Ephesians 2:1

And to you did he give life, when you were dead through your wrongdoing and sins,

Hebrews 9:14

How much more will the blood of Christ, who, being without sin, made an offering of himself to God through the Holy Spirit, make your hearts clean from dead works to be servants of the living God?

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