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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 - “It’s only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, ‘You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:17 - But the LORD sent terrible plagues upon Pharaoh and his household because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:6 - In the dream God responded, “Yes, I know you are innocent. That’s why I kept you from sinning against me, and why I did not let you touch her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:11 - Then Abimelech issued a public proclamation: “Anyone who touches this man or his wife will be put to death!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:29 - Swear that you will not harm us, just as we have never troubled you. We have always treated you well, and we sent you away from us in peace. And now look how the LORD has blessed you!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 - As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angels of God going up and down the stairway.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:25 - When the man saw that he would not win the match, he touched Jacob’s hip and wrenched it out of its socket.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:32 - (Even today the people of Israel don’t eat the tendon near the hip socket because of what happened that night when the man strained the tendon of Jacob’s hip.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:25 - But Moses’ wife, Zipporah, took a flint knife and circumcised her son. She touched his feet[fn] with the foreskin and said, “Now you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:22 - Drain the blood into a basin. Then take a bundle of hyssop branches and dip it into the blood. Brush the hyssop across the top and sides of the doorframes of your houses. And no one may go out through the door until morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:12 - Mark off a boundary all around the mountain. Warn the people, ‘Be careful! Do not go up on the mountain or even touch its boundaries. Anyone who touches the mountain will certainly be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:13 - No hand may touch the person or animal that crosses the boundary; instead, stone them or shoot them with arrows. They must be put to death.’ However, when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast, then the people may go up on the mountain.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:37 - Purify the altar, and consecrate it every day for seven days. After that, the altar will be absolutely holy, and whatever touches it will become holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:29 - Consecrate them to make them absolutely holy. After this, whatever touches them will also become holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:2 - “Or suppose you unknowingly touch something that is ceremonially unclean, such as the carcass of an unclean animal. When you realize what you have done, you must admit your defilement and your guilt. This is true whether it is a wild animal, a domestic animal, or an animal that scurries along the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:3 - “Or suppose you unknowingly touch something that makes a person unclean. When you realize what you have done, you must admit your guilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:7 - “But if you cannot afford to bring a sheep, you may bring to the LORD two turtledoves or two young pigeons as the penalty for your sin. One of the birds will be for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:18 - Any of Aaron’s male descendants may eat from the special gifts presented to the LORD. This is their permanent right from generation to generation. Anyone or anything that touches these offerings will become holy.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:27 - Anyone or anything that touches the sacrificial meat will become holy. If any of the sacrificial blood spatters on a person’s clothing, the soiled garment must be washed in a sacred place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:19 - “Meat that touches anything ceremonially unclean may not be eaten; it must be completely burned up. The rest of the meat may be eaten, but only by people who are ceremonially clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:21 - If you touch anything that is unclean (whether it is human defilement or an unclean animal or any other unclean, detestable thing) and then eat meat from a peace offering presented to the LORD, you will be cut off from the community.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:8 - You may not eat the meat of these animals or even touch their carcasses. They are ceremonially unclean for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:24 - “The following creatures will make you ceremonially unclean. If any of you touch their carcasses, you will be defiled until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:26 - “Any animal that has split hooves that are not evenly divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. If you touch the carcass of such an animal, you will be defiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:27 - Of the animals that walk on all fours, those that have paws are unclean. If you touch the carcass of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:31 - All these small animals are unclean for you. If any of you touch the dead body of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - “However, if the carcass of such an animal falls into a spring or a cistern, the water will still be clean. But anyone who touches the carcass will be defiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:39 - “If an animal you are permitted to eat dies and you touch its carcass, you will be defiled until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:4 - After waiting thirty-three days, she will be purified from the bleeding of childbirth. During this time of purification, she must not touch anything that is set apart as holy. And she must not enter the sanctuary until her time of purification is over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:5 - So if you touch the man’s bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:7 - If you touch the man with the discharge, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:10 - If you touch anything that was under the man, you will be unclean until evening. You must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:11 - If the man touches you without first rinsing his hands, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:12 - Any clay pot the man touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil he touches must be rinsed with water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:19 - “Whenever a woman has her menstrual period, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days. Anyone who touches her during that time will be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:21 - If any of you touch her bed, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:22 - If you touch any object she has sat on, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:23 - This includes her bed or any other object she has sat on; you will be unclean until evening if you touch it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:27 - If any of you touch these things, you will be ceremonially unclean. You must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - “If any of Aaron’s descendants has a skin disease[fn] or any kind of discharge that makes him ceremonially unclean, he may not eat from the sacred offerings until he has been pronounced clean. He also becomes unclean by touching a corpse, or by having an emission of semen,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:5 - or by touching a small animal that is unclean, or by touching someone who is ceremonially unclean for any reason.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:6 - The man who is defiled in any of these ways will remain unclean until evening. He may not eat from the sacred offerings until he has bathed himself in water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:15 - The camp will be ready to move when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the sacred articles. The Kohathites will come and carry these things to the next destination. But they must not touch the sacred objects, or they will die. So these are the things from the Tabernacle that the Kohathites must carry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:26 - “Quick!” he told the people. “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and don’t touch anything that belongs to them. If you do, you will be destroyed for their sins.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:11 - “All those who touch a dead human body will be ceremonially unclean for seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:13 - All those who touch a dead body and do not purify themselves in the proper way defile the LORD’s Tabernacle, and they will be cut off from the community of Israel. Since the water of purification was not sprinkled on them, their defilement continues.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:16 - And if someone in an open field touches the corpse of someone who was killed with a sword or who died a natural death, or if someone touches a human bone or a grave, that person will be defiled for seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:18 - Then someone who is ceremonially clean must take a hyssop branch and dip it into the water. That person must sprinkle the water on the tent, on all the furnishings in the tent, and on the people who were in the tent; also on the person who touched a human bone, or touched someone who was killed or who died naturally, or touched a grave.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:21 - This is a permanent law for the people. Those who sprinkle the water of purification must afterward wash their clothes, and anyone who then touches the water used for purification will remain defiled until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:22 - Anything and anyone that a defiled person touches will be ceremonially unclean until evening.”

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