Numbers 19:16
Numbers · Old Testament · Chapter 19
“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
What Does Numbers 19:16 Mean?
Numbers 19:16 is found in the book of Numbers, chapter 19, verse 16 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 15 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (15)
These passages are connected to Numbers 19:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Numbers 19:11“He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.”Numbers 9:6“And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:”Numbers 31:19“And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.”Ezekiel 16:5“None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.”Matthew 23:27“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.”Leviticus 21:1“And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:”Lamentations 4:14“They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.”Luke 11:44“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.”Leviticus 11:39“And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.”1 Samuel 20:26“Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.”2 Kings 23:14“And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.”Ezekiel 39:11“And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.”Ezekiel 39:12“And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.”Isaiah 65:4“Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;”Luke 8:27“And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.”
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