After he is cleansed, they shall reckon to him seven days.
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- KJV And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
- BSB and after he is cleansed, he must count off seven days for himself.
- ESV After he has become clean, they shall count seven days for him.
- NKJV After he is cleansed, they shall count seven days for him.
- NASB And after he is cleansed, seven days shall elapse for him.
- NLT Even then, he can return to his Temple duties only after being ceremonially cleansed and then waiting for seven days.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Num 6:10–21On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting.
- Num 19:11–14“He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
- Heb 9:13–14For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh:
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