Numbers 19:11

He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

Cross-references

Numbers 19:16 specifies the same seven-day uncleanness for touching a corpse, bone, or grave — directly expanding this verse.

In Numbers 31:19, the same seven-day purification applies to anyone who touched a slain person in battle.

In Numbers 9:10, the same uncleanness from a dead body is addressed, allowing a delayed Passover for those affected.

Numbers 9:6 Citation

In Numbers 9:6, this very law is cited as the reason some men could not keep Passover — they had touched a dead body.

Numbers 5:2 Parallel

Numbers 5:2 also lists contact with the dead as a source of uncleanness, reinforcing the same purity law.

Numbers 6:6 Parallel

In Numbers 6:6, Nazirites are forbidden from touching any dead body, a stricter application of the general impurity law in Numbers 19:11.

Haggai 2:13 Citation

Haggai 2:13 directly applies this law: unclean from a dead body makes anything touched also unclean.

Leviticus 21:11 forbids the high priest from touching any dead body — stricter than the general law here.

Leviticus 21:1 applies the same corpse impurity rule to priests, but permits exceptions for close relatives.

In Leviticus 22:4, the same impurity from touching the dead (Numbers 19:11) disqualifies priests from eating holy things until clean.

In Leviticus 7:21, touching human uncleanness (like a corpse) then eating holy food results in being cut off; it applies the impurity from Numbers 19:11.

In Leviticus 5:3, touching any human uncleanness is covered; touching a dead body (Numbers 19:11) is a specific case of that.

Ezekiel 39:14 describes burying corpses to cleanse the land — an application of the principle that dead bodies defile.

Ezekiel 44:26 applies the same seven-day purification for priests who touch a dead body — reinforcing Numbers 19:11.

Isaiah 65:4 Contrast

Isaiah 65:4 condemns sitting in tombs — a deliberate defilement by corpse uncleanness, showing disregard for God's law.

In Leviticus 5:2, touching any dead animal carcass also causes uncleanness, extending the same principle from human corpses to animals.

Leviticus 11:39 similarly addresses uncleanness from touching a dead animal, but with a one-day duration rather than seven.

Leviticus 11:31 also deals with impurity from touching dead creatures, but only until evening — a shorter duration than the seven days here.

Leviticus 11:27 also deals with uncleanness from touching a carcass, but for animals and only until evening, not seven days as here.