Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Toucheth
A bone
A grave
General references
Bible References
Toucheth
Numbers 19:11
“The person who touches any human corpse will be unclean for seven days.
Numbers 31:19
“You are to remain outside the camp for seven days. All of you and your prisoners who have killed a person or touched the dead are to purify yourselves on the third day and the seventh day.
A bone
Ezekiel 39:11
“Now on that day I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel—the Valley of the Travelers east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, for Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog.
A grave
Matthew 23:27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every impurity.
Luke 11:44 “Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves; the people who walk over them don’t know it.”
General references
Leviticus 7:19
“Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned up. Everyone who is clean may eat any other meat.
Leviticus 11:39
“If one of the animals that you use for food dies, anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean until evening.