Numbers 19:22

22 Anything that an unclean person touches becomes unclean, and anyone who touches it becomes unclean till evening.”

Numbers 19:22 in Other Translations

22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.

22 And whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean, and anyone who touches it shall be unclean until evening."

22 Anything and anyone that a defiled person touches will be ceremonially unclean until evening.”

22 "Anything the ritually unclean man touches becomes unclean, and the person who touches what he touched is unclean until evening."

22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.

22 Anything that an unclean person touches becomes unclean, and the person who touches it will be unclean until evening."

22 Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches [it] will be unclean until evening."

22 Anything that an 'unclean' person touches becomes 'unclean.' And anyone who touches it becomes 'unclean' until evening."

Numbers 19:22 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 19:22

And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean,
&c.] Not the person unclean by sprinkling, or touching the water of purification, but the unclean person spoken of throughout the chapter, that was unclean by touching a dead body, bone, or grave; whatever that man touched, any vessel or thing, that was unclean also; or "whomsoever", any person, man or woman, for it respects both persons and things:

and the soul that toucheth it;
that which the unclean person hath touched; or "him", the unclean person, whether the unclean person touched him, or he the unclean person, or touched anything he had touched, he was unclean; denoting the spreading and infectious nature of sin, and how much sin and sinners are to be avoided; see ( Leviticus 15:4-12 Leviticus 15:19 Leviticus 15:20 ) .

Numbers 19:22 In-Context

20 But if those who are unclean do not purify themselves, they must be cut off from the community, because they have defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, and they are unclean.

21 This is a lasting ordinance for them. “The man who sprinkles the water of cleansing must also wash his clothes, and anyone who touches the water of cleansing will be unclean till evening.

22 Anything that an unclean person touches becomes unclean, and anyone who touches it becomes unclean till evening.”

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 5:2; Leviticus 15:4-12; Haggai 2:13,14