Numbers 19:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Numbers 19:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Numbers 19:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Numbers 19:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.”
Numbers 19:16 — World English Bible
Numbers 19:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And whosoever in the open field toucheth one that is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. ”
Numbers 19:16 — American Standard Version
Numbers 19:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`And every one who cometh, on the face of the field, against the pierced of a sword, or against the dead, or against a bone of man, or against a grave, is unclean seven days;”
Numbers 19:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Numbers 19:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And every one that toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead person, or the bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. ”
Numbers 19:16 — Darby Translation
Numbers 19:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Also whosoeuer toucheth one that is slaine with a sworde in the fielde, or a dead person, or a bone of a dead man, or a graue, shall be vncleane seuen dayes.”
Numbers 19:16 — Geneva Bible
Numbers 19:16 in Context — Numbers 19
14 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.
15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
16 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.
17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:
18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
What Does Numbers 19:16 Mean?
Numbers 19:16 is a verse from the Book of Numbers, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Numbers chapter 19. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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