Numbers 19:16
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If any man in the field touch the corpse of a man that was slain, or that died of himself, or his bone, or his grave, he shall be unclean seven days.

toucheth

Numbers 19:11 He that toucheth the corpse of a man, and is therefore unclean seven days,

Numbers 31:19 And stay without the camp seven days. He that hath killed a man, or touched one that is killed, shall be purified the third day and the seventh day.

a bone

Ezekiel 39:11-16 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give Gog a noted place for a sepulchre in Israel: the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea, which shall cause astonishment in them that pass by: and there shall they bury Gog, and all his multitude, and it shall be called the valley of the multitude of Gog. . . .

a grave

Matthew 23:27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear to men beautiful but within are full of dead men's bones and of all filthiness.

Luke 11:44 Woe to you, because you are as sepulchres that appear not: and men that walk over are not aware.

Context
Purification of the Unclean
15The vessel that hath no cover, nor binding over it, shall be unclean. 16If any man in the field touch the corpse of a man that was slain, or that died of himself, or his bone, or his grave, he shall be unclean seven days.17And they shall take of the ashes of the burning and of the sin offering, and shall pour living waters upon them into a vessel.…
Cross References
Numbers 19:15
The vessel that hath no cover, nor binding over it, shall be unclean.

Numbers 31:19
And stay without the camp seven days. He that hath killed a man, or touched one that is killed, shall be purified the third day and the seventh day.

Isaiah 52:11
Depart, depart, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing: go out of the midst of her, be ye clean, you that carry the vessels of the Lord.

Lexicon
Anyone
וְכֹ֨ל (wə·ḵōl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

in
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the open field
פְּנֵ֣י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

who
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

touches
יִגַּ֜ע (yig·ga‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

someone who has been killed
בַּֽחֲלַל־ (ba·ḥă·lal-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2491: Pierced, polluted

by the sword
חֶ֙רֶב֙ (ḥe·reḇ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

or
א֣וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if

has died of natural causes,
בְמֵ֔ת (ḇə·mêṯ)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

or
אֽוֹ־ (’ōw-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if

anyone who touches a human
אָדָ֖ם (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being

bone
בְעֶ֥צֶם (ḇə·‘e·ṣem)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame

or
א֣וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if

a grave,
בְקָ֑בֶר (ḇə·qā·ḇer)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6913: A grave, sepulcher

will be unclean
יִטְמָ֖א (yiṭ·mā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2930: To be or become unclean

for seven
שִׁבְעַ֥ת (šiḇ·‘aṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

days.
יָמִֽים׃ (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day


Additional Translations
Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.And whoever touches 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 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.

And every one who shall touch a man slain by violence, or a corpse, or human bone, or sepulchre, shall be unclean seven days.

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.

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.

And whoever 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.

"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.

'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;
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