Numbers 19:22

WEB

"Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the soul that touches it shall be unclean until evening."

KJV

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

Commentary

And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean,.... Not the person unclean by sprinkling, or touching the water of purification, but the unclean person spoken of throughout th e 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 Lev 15:4 . Next: Numbers Chapter 20 Sacred Texts | Bible « Previous: John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: Numbers: Numb... Index Next: John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible: Numbers: Numb... »