Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

Bible References

Abide

Numbers 5:2
Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that has a discharge, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
Numbers 19:11
He that touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
1 Chronicles 22:8
But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, You have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars: you shall not build a house unto my name, because you have shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.