More Ceremonial Purification

More Ceremonial Purification 

“All those, who touch a dead human body, will be ceremonially unclean, for seven days. 

They must purify themselves, on the third and seventh days, with the water of purification; then they will be purified. 

But, if they do not do this, on the third and seventh days, they will continue to be unclean, even after the seventh day. 

All those, who touch a dead body …and do not purify themselves, in the proper way, defile the Lord’s Tabernacle, and they will be cut off, from the community of Israel. 

Since the water, of purification, was not sprinkled on them, their defilement continues. 

“This is the ritual law, that applies, when someone dies, inside a tent: 

All those, who enter that tent… and those, who were inside, when the death occurred, will be ceremonially unclean, for seven days. 

Any open container, in the tent, that was not covered, with a lid is also defiled. And if someone, in an open field, touches the corpse, of someone, who was killed, with a sword …or who died, of a natural death, or if someone touches a human bone… or a grave, that person will be defiled, for seven days. 

“To remove the defilement, put some of the ashes, from the burnt purification offering, in a jar, and pour fresh water over them. 

Then, someone, who is ceremonially clean, must take a hyssop branch …and dip it into the water. 

That person …must sprinkle the water, on the tent, on all the furnishings in the tent, and on the people who were in the tent; …also, on the person, who touched a human bone, or touched someone, who was killed, or who died naturally, or touched a grave. 

On the third and seventh days, the person, who is ceremonially clean, must sprinkle the water, on those who are defiled. 

Then, on the seventh day, the people being cleansed …must wash their clothes …and bathe themselves, …and that evening, they will be cleansed, of their defilement. 

“But those, who become defiled …and do not purify themselves, will be cut off, from the community, …for they have defiled the sanctuary, of the Lord. Since the water, of purification, has not been sprinkled on them, they remain defiled. 

This is a permanent law for the people. 

Those, who sprinkle the water, of purification, must, afterward, wash their clothes, …and anyone, who then touches the water, used for purification, will remain defiled until evening. 

Anything and anyone, that a defiled person touches, will be ceremonially unclean …until that evening.” 

Numbers 19:11–22 (NLT)

Praise be to God!