Numbers 19:15 — Meaning and Application

Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness {is} yet upon him.

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.

And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, {is} unclean.

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.

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: {ashes: Heb. dust} {running...: Heb. living waters shall be given}