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 Israelites to send outside the camp anyone who has a serious skin disease or a discharge or anyone who is unclean from touching a dead body.
Numbers 19:11
Those who touch a corpse are ritually unclean for seven days.
1 Chronicles 22:8
The word of Jehovah came to me, saying: 'You have shed much blood and have fought many wars. You are not to build a house for my name. This is because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.