Num 19:11-22 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Num 19:11-19: 19:11-19 Coming into contact with a human corpse produced ritual impurity for seven days (cp. Lev 21:1-3 ). The remedy was the water of purification , applied on the third and seventh days .

a19:11-19►

bLev 21:1-3►

c19:13►

dLev 15:31►

eNum 9:13►

fExod 12:15►

gLev 7:20-21►

h17:4-14►

i20:17-18►

j19:14-16►

kLev 15:1-12►

l19:17-22►

m5:17►

‏ Numbers 19:11-22

Summary for Num 19:11-19: 19:11-19 ^a Coming into contact with a human corpse produced ritual impurity for seven days (cp. Lev 21:1-3 ^b). The remedy was the water of purification, applied on the third and seventh days.
19:13 ^c The impurity caused by contact with a corpse was especially dangerous since a ceremonially defiled person would defile the Lord’s Tabernacle (cp. Lev 15:31 ^d). This was grounds for being cut off from the community of Israel (cp. Num 9:13 ^e; Exod 12:15 ^f; Lev 7:20-21 ^g; 17:4-14 ^h; 20:17-18 ⁱ).
Summary for Num 19:14-16: 19:14-16 ^j Death’s contagion could be transmitted to an object or to a place where death had occurred (cp. Lev 15:1-12 ^k).
Summary for Num 19:17-22: 19:17-22 ^l To cleanse with the heifer’s ashes, a special purifying mixture was made by combining ashes from the burnt purification offering with fresh water (cp. 5:17 ^m).