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Lexicon :: Strong's H5060 - nāḡaʿ

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נָגַע
Transliteration
nāḡaʿ
Pronunciation
naw-gah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1293

Strong’s Definitions

נָגַע nâgaʻ, naw-gah'; a primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.):—beat, (× be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 150x

The KJV translates Strong's H5060 in the following manner: touch (92x), came (18x), reach (11x), bring (4x), near (4x), smite (4x), nigh (3x), plagued (3x), happeneth (2x), strike (2x), beaten (1x), cast (1x), reach up (1x), brought down (1x), join (1x), laid (1x), get up.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 150x
The KJV translates Strong's H5060 in the following manner: touch (92x), came (18x), reach (11x), bring (4x), near (4x), smite (4x), nigh (3x), plagued (3x), happeneth (2x), strike (2x), beaten (1x), cast (1x), reach up (1x), brought down (1x), join (1x), laid (1x), get up.

  1. to touch, reach, strike

    1. (Qal)

      1. to touch

      2. to strike

      3. to reach, extend to

      4. to be stricken

        1. stricken (participle)

    2. (Niphal) to be stricken, be defeated

    3. (Piel) to strike

    4. (Pual) to be stricken (by disease)

    5. (Hiphil) to cause to touch, reach, approach, arrive

      1. to cause to touch, apply

      2. to reach, extend, attain, arrive, come

      3. to approach (of time)

      4. to befall (of fate)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָגַע nâgaʻ, naw-gah'; a primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.):—beat, (× be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.
STRONGS H5060: Abbreviations
נָגַע 150 verb touch, reach, strike (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic bdb061901 is agree with one (of food), produce effect; Aramaic נְגַע Ithpa. be struck (that is, with leprosy), compare Pi. below); —
Qal Perfect נ׳ Genesis 32:33 +; נָֽגְעָה Judges 20:41 +; 1st person plural suffix נְנַעֲנוּךָ Genesis 26:29; Imperfect יִגַּע Leviticus 5:3 +; וַיִּגַּע Genesis 32:26 +, etc.; Imperative גַּע Psalm 144:5 + 2 times; Infinitive construct נְגֹעַ, לִנְגּוֺעַ Genesis 20:6 + 3 times; גַּ֫עַת 2 Samuel 14:10; Ezekiel 17:10; suffix נָגְעֵךְ Ruth 2:9 etc.; Participle active נֹגֵעַ 1 Kings 19:5 +; נֹגְעִים Jeremiah 12:14; feminine נֹגַ֫עַת Numbers 19:22 + 2 times; plural נֹגְעֹת 1 Kings 6:27; passive נָגוּעַ Psalm 73:14; Isaiah 53:4; —
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a. touch, usually followed by בְּ Genesis 3:3 (J), Genesis 32:25; Genesis 32:33; Exodus 19:12 (twice in verse); Exodus 19:13 (all E), Exodus 29:37; Exodus 30:20 (P), Leviticus 5:2, 3 + 25 times Leviticus; Numbers 16:26 + 7 times Numbers (P) + Numbers 19:22 (no בְּ or object), Deuteronomy 14:8; Judges 6:21; 2 Samuel 23:7; 1 Kings 6:27 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 19:5, 7; 2 Kings 13:21; Esther 5:2; Daniel 8:5, 18; Lamentations 4:14; followed by אֶלֿ Haggai 2:12; Numbers 4:15; 1 Kings 6:27; Daniel 9:21, compare Hosea 4:2; followed by עַל־פֶּה Isaiah 6:7; עַלשָֿׂפָה Daniel 10:16; compare accusative Isaiah 52:11; absolute (no object expressed) Job 6:7; Lamentations 4:15.
b. of י׳ touching earth, mountains, etc., followed by בְּ Amos 9:5; Psalm 104:32; Psalm 144:5; figurative of י׳ touching the heart, followed by בְּ 1 Samuel 10:26.
2. nearly = strike, passive stricken, Psalm 73:14; Isaiah 53:4 || מֻכֶּה), of wind Job 1:19; Ezekiel 17:10; of divine chastisement 1 Samuel 6:9; Job 1:11; Job 19:21; followed by אֶל Job 2:5.
3. touch = harm, followed by. בְּ, Genesis 26:11 (J), Joshua 9:19; 2 Samuel 14:10; 1 Chronicles 16:22 || הָרֵעַ) = Psalm 105:15; Jeremiah 12:14; Zechariah 2:12 (twice in verse); followed by. אֶלֿ Genesis 20:6 (touch a woman), so Proverbs 6:29 (followed by בְּ); followed by. accusative Genesis 26:29 (J, suffix), so Ruth 2:9; see also Job 5:19 (subject רַע, followed by בְּ), Judges 20:34, 41 (both subject רָעָה, followed by עַלֿ).
4. reach, extend to, 2 Samuel 5:8, followed by בְּ (but corrupt see Dr HPS); in metaphor, followed by עַד, of vine Isaiah 16:8; Jeremiah 48:32; of sword Jeremiah 4:10, compare Jeremiah 4:18; of chastisement Micah 1:9, compare Job 4:5 (|| בּוֺא אֶלֿ); also (followed by אֶל) Jeremiah 51:9; = come, followed by אֶלֿ Jonah 3:6; arrive (of time), absolute Ezra 3:1; Nehemiah 7:73.
† Niph. Imperfect וַיִּנָֽגְעוּ Joshua 8:15 be stricken, defeated (in battle), i.e. feign to be so, but read probably וַיִֹנָּֽגְפוּ, see נגף Niph..
† Pi. Perfect suffix נִגְּעוֺ 2 Chronicles 26:20 strike (with leprosy, 2 accusative), subject י׳; so Imperfect וַיְנַגַּע 2 Kings 15:5; Genesis 12:17 (subject י׳; accusative of person + accusative of cognate meaning).
† Pu. Imperfect יְנֻגָּע֑וּ be sticken by diseases (?; compare Pi. and נֶגַע 2. 3. especially 2 Samuel 7:14) Psalm 73:5.
† Hiph. Perfect הִגִּיעַ Isaiah 25:12 + 6 times; 2nd person feminine singular הִגַּ֫עַתְּ Esther 4:14; 1st person singular suffix וְהִגַּעְתִּ֫יהוּ Ezekiel 13:14, etc.; Imperfect יַגִּיעַ Isaiah 8:8 + 3 times; וַיַּגַּע Isaiah 6:7; Jeremiah 1:9, etc.; Infinitive construct הַגִּיעַ Esther 2:12, 15; Participle מַגִּיעַ Genesis 28:12 +; feminine מַגַּ֫עַת 2 Chronicles 3:11; — cause to touch; reach, approach, arrive:
1. cause to touch, apply, Exodus 12:22) (J E; מִדָּם, אֶלֿ); cause to touch (compare עַד עָפָר, לָאָרֶץ), i.e. bring to ground, Isaiah 25:5, 12, compare Lamentations 2:2; Ezekiel 13:14 (followed by אֶלֿ), Exodus 4:25 (J; followed by לְרַגְלָיו); followed by עַל־פֶּה Isaiah 6:7; Jeremiah 1:9; followed by בְּ Isaiah 5:8.
2. intransitive reach, extend, Genesis 28:12 (followed by ָ  ה locative); followed by אֶלֿ Zechariah 14:5, followed by עַד Isaiah 8:8; compare תַּגּ׳ יָדוֺ דֵּי שֶׂה Leviticus 5:7 if his hand do not reach enough for a lamb (i.e. he be not able to furnish a lamb); followed by לְ Job 20:6 (hyperbole) 2 Chronicles 3:11 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 3:12; followed by עַד לְ 2 Chronicles 28:9; attain, followed by לְ Esther 4:14, arrive, come, followed by accusative of location Isaiah 30:4; Esther 4:3; Esther 8:17, followed by לְ (of time) Daniel 12:12, followed by אֶלֿ 1 Samuel 14:9, followed by עַדֿ Psalm 107:18, absolute Esther 6:14; followed by אֵצֶל Daniel 8:7.
3. approach, of time, absolute Ecclesiastes 12:1; Songs 2:12; Ezekiel 7:12 (|| בּוֺא); see also Esther 9:1 (followed by Infinitive), compare Esther 2:12, 15; Psalm 88:4 (followed by לְ).
4. of fate or lot, = befal, followed by אֶלֿ Esther 9:26; Ecclesiastes 8:14 (twice in verse); Psalm 32:6.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:3; 12:17; 20:6; 20:6; 26:11; 26:29; 26:29; 28:12; 28:12; 32:25; 32:26

Exodus

4:25; 12:22; 19:12; 19:13; 29:37; 30:20

Leviticus

5:2; 5:3; 5:3; 5:7

Numbers

4:15; 16:26; 19:22; 19:22

Deuteronomy

14:8

Joshua

8:15; 9:19

Judges

6:21; 20:34; 20:41; 20:41

Ruth

2:9; 2:9

1 Samuel

6:9; 10:26; 14:9

2 Samuel

5:8; 7:14; 14:10; 14:10; 23:7

1 Kings

6:27; 6:27; 6:27; 19:5; 19:5; 19:7

2 Kings

13:21; 15:5

1 Chronicles

16:22

2 Chronicles

3:11; 3:11; 3:12; 26:20; 28:9

Ezra

3:1

Nehemiah

7:73

Esther

2:12; 2:12; 2:15; 2:15; 4:3; 4:14; 4:14; 5:2; 6:14; 8:17; 9:1; 9:26

Job

1:11; 1:19; 2:5; 4:5; 5:19; 6:7; 19:21; 20:6

Psalms

32:6; 73:5; 73:14; 73:14; 88:4; 104:32; 105:15; 107:18; 144:5; 144:5

Proverbs

6:29

Ecclesiastes

8:14; 12:1

Song of Songs

2:12

Isaiah

5:8; 6:7; 6:7; 6:7; 8:8; 8:8; 16:8; 25:5; 25:12; 25:12; 30:4; 52:11; 53:4; 53:4

Jeremiah

1:9; 1:9; 4:10; 4:18; 12:14; 12:14; 48:32; 51:9

Lamentations

2:2; 4:14; 4:15

Ezekiel

7:12; 13:14; 13:14; 17:10; 17:10

Daniel

8:5; 8:7; 8:18; 9:21; 10:16; 12:12

Hosea

4:2

Amos

9:5

Jonah

3:6

Micah

1:9

Haggai

2:12

Zechariah

2:12; 14:5

H5060

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Strong's Number H5060 matches the Hebrew נָגַע (nāḡaʿ),
which occurs 150 times in 142 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 3:3–Num 19:22)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:3 - but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:17 - But the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:6 - Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:11 - So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:29 - that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 - And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder[fn] set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:25 - When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:32 - Therefore to this day the people of Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh that is on the hip socket, because he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip on the sinew of the thigh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:25 - Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’[fn] feet with it and said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:22 - Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:12 - And you shall set limits for the people all around, saying, ‘Take care not to go up into the mountain or touch the edge of it. Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:13 - No hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot;[fn] whether beast or man, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:37 - Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall become holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:29 - You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them will become holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:2 - or if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean wild animal or a carcass of unclean livestock or a carcass of unclean swarming things, and it is hidden from him and he has become unclean, and he realizes his guilt;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:3 - or if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever sort the uncleanness may be with which one becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and realizes his guilt;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:7 - “But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the LORD as his compensation for the sin that he has committed two turtledoves or two pigeons,[fn] one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:18 - Every male among the children of Aaron may eat of it, as decreed forever throughout your generations, from the LORD’s food offerings. Whatever touches them shall become holy.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:27 - Whatever touches its flesh shall be holy, and when any of its blood is splashed on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was splashed in a holy place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:19 - “Flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned up with fire. All who are clean may eat flesh,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:21 - And if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether human uncleanness or an unclean beast or any unclean detestable creature, and then eats some flesh from the sacrifice of the LORD’s peace offerings, that person shall be cut off from his people.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:8 - You shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:24 - “And by these you shall become unclean. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:26 - Every animal that parts the hoof but is not cloven-footed or does not chew the cud is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:27 - And all that walk on their paws, among the animals that go on all fours, are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:31 - These are unclean to you among all that swarm. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - Nevertheless, a spring or a cistern holding water shall be clean, but whoever touches a carcass in them shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:39 - “And if any animal which you may eat dies, whoever touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:4 - Then she shall continue for thirty-three days in the blood of her purifying. She shall not touch anything holy, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying are completed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:5 - And anyone who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:7 - And whoever touches the body of the one with the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:10 - And whoever touches anything that was under him shall be unclean until the evening. And whoever carries such things shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:11 - Anyone whom the one with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:12 - And an earthenware vessel that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:19 - “When a woman has a discharge, and the discharge in her body is blood, she shall be in her menstrual impurity for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:21 - And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:22 - And whoever touches anything on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:23 - Whether it is the bed or anything on which she sits, when he touches it he shall be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:27 - And whoever touches these things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - None of the offspring of Aaron who has a leprous disease or a discharge may eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean through contact with the dead or a man who has had an emission of semen,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:5 - and whoever touches a swarming thing by which he may be made unclean or a person from whom he may take uncleanness, whatever his uncleanness may be—

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:6 - the person who touches such a thing shall be unclean until the evening and shall not eat of the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:15 - And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:26 - And he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:11 - “Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:13 - Whoever touches a dead person, the body of anyone who has died, and does not cleanse himself, defiles the tabernacle of the LORD, and that person shall be cut off from Israel; because the water for impurity was not thrown on him, he shall be unclean. His uncleanness is still on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:16 - Whoever in the open field touches someone who was killed with a sword or who died naturally, or touches a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:18 - Then a clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the furnishings and on the persons who were there and on whoever touched the bone, or the slain or the dead or the grave.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:21 - And it shall be a statute forever for them. The one who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and the one who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:22 - And whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean, and anyone who touches it shall be unclean until evening.”

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