This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent and everyone already in the tent will be unclean for seven days,
Parallel translations
- WEB “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.
- KJV This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
- NKJV ‘This is the law when a man dies in a tent: All who come into the tent and all who are in the tent shall be unclean seven days;
- NASB ‘This is the law when a person dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent will be unclean for seven days.
- NLT “This is the ritual law that applies when someone dies inside a tent: All those who enter that tent and those who were inside when the death occurred will be ceremonially unclean for seven days.
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Quick answer
When someone died in a tent, everyone in or entering the tent became unclean for seven days.
Overview
Death's defilement extended to all present in the dwelling, not only those who touched the body. This far-reaching impurity illustrated how pervasively death affects human life and community. The comprehensive scope of the law magnifies the longing for deliverance from death itself, secured in Christ's resurrection.
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