“ ‘All the days that he separates himself to Yahweh he shall not go near a dead body.
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“ ‘All the days that he separates himself to Yahweh he shall not go near a dead body.
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All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.
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All the days that he consecrateth himself unto the LORD he shall not come near to a dead body.
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Passages linked to Numbers 6:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 19:28 “ ‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.
- Leviticus 21:11 He must not go in to any dead body, or defile himself for his father or for his mother.
- Leviticus 21:1-3 Yahweh said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ‘A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people, except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother, and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.
- Numbers 19:11-22 “He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. He shall purify himself with water on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean; but if he doesn’t purify himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. Whoever touches a dead person, the body of a man who has died, and doesn’t purify himself, defiles Yahweh’s tabernacle; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel; because the water for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean. His uncleanness is yet on him. “This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. Every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is unclean. “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. “For the unclean, they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin offering; and running water shall be poured on them in a vessel. A clean person shall take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, and on him who touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave. The clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day. On the seventh day, he shall purify him. He shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at evening. But the man who shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of Yahweh. The water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him. He is unclean. It shall be a perpetual statute to them. He who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening. “Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the soul that touches it shall be unclean until evening.”
- Jeremiah 16:5-6 For Yahweh says, “Don’t enter into the house of mourning. Don’t go to lament. Don’t bemoan them, for I have taken away my peace from this people,” says Yahweh, “even loving kindness and tender mercies. Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried. Men won’t lament for them, cut themselves, or make themselves bald for them.
- Ezekiel 24:16-18 “Son of man, behold, I will take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down. Sigh, but not aloud. Make no mourning for the dead. Bind your headdress on you, and put your sandals on your feet. Don’t cover your lips, and don’t eat mourner’s bread.” So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at evening my wife died. So I did in the morning as I was commanded.
- Matthew 8:21-22 Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.” But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”
- Luke 9:59-60 He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.” But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce God’s Kingdom.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:16 Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain As at burials, or mournings.
As at burials, or mournings.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 6:6 All the days that he separateth [himself]…
Num 6:6 All the days that he separateth [himself] unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.
Ver. 6. At no dead body.] Christ was never defiled by any person dead in sin, nor by any dead work; no more must we.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain All the days that he separateth himself unto the…
All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord,.... This phrase is repeated at every new article and branch of the law of the Nazarites, of which what follows is the third; showing that each part of it, during that time, was strictly to be observed:
he shall come at no dead body: not near to any, not even to be in the same place where a dead body lay, nor to touch one, nor to attend the funeral of any, nor be concerned at all about burying the dead; now, as such so defiled were unclean seven days, and during that time might not go into the tabernacle, the Nazarites were strictly cautioned against such pollution, that they might not be detained from the service of God they had devoted themselves unto; see Num 19:11.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 6:6-7. He shall come at no dead body…
Num 6:6-7. He shall come at no dead body — This was the third thing enjoined. For defilement by the dead made men unclean seven days; so that they might not approach the place of divine worship, Num 19:11-13. Therefore, that the Nazarites might be always fit to attend upon the service of God, they were to avoid this legal defilement. Of course, they were not to attend upon any funeral solemnity, no, not even of the nearest relations. His father — Wherein he was equal to the high-priest, being, in some sort, as eminent a type of Christ, and therefore justly required to prefer the service of God, to which he had so fully given himself, before the expressions of his affections to his dearest and nearest relations. The consecration — That is, the token of his consecration; namely, his long hair.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Dead. To teach us that those who are consecrated…
Dead. To teach us that those who are consecrated to God, ought to abstain from the works of death. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 6. Dead body — See Num_5:2, note.
6. Dead body — See Num_5:2, note.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6, 7. Third regulation. Avoidance of pollution from contact…
6, 7. Third regulation. Avoidance of pollution from contact with a dead body, even that of the nearest relative.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 separates ... separated ... separation
separates ... separated ... separation
Here "separation" means "dedication." AT: "dedicates ... dedicated ... dedication" (See: Idiom)
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unclean
A person who is not acceptable for God's purposes is spoken of as if the person were physically unclean. (See: Metaphor)
he is separated
This can be stated in active form. AT: "he has separated himself" (See: Active or Passive)
of his separation
The abstract noun "separation" can be expressed as a verb. AT: "that he has separated himself"
reserved for Yahweh
This can be stated in active form. AT: "he has reserved himself for Yahweh" or "set apart for Yahweh" (See: Active or Passive)
translationWords
die
body
clean
holy
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 6:6-8 Dead bodies defiled whoever touched them (9:6-10). Priests…
6:6-8 Dead bodies defiled whoever touched them (9:6-10). Priests were only allowed to touch the dead bodies of close relatives (Lev 21:1-4), but even that was forbidden to Nazirites.
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