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11. He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

12. He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean. But if he does not purify himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.

13. Whoever touches the dead body of any man that has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. And that soul shall be cut off from Israel. Because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean. His uncleanness is still upon him.

14. This is the law when a man dies in a tent. All that come into the tent, and all in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

15. And every open vessel which has no covering bound upon it, it is unclean.

16. And whoever touches one that is killed with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

17. And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be mixed with it in a vessel.

18. And a clean person shall take hyssop and dip in the water, and sprinkle upon the tent and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one killed, or one dead, or a grave.

19. And the clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day. And on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water. And he shall be clean at sunset.

20. But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of separation has not been sprinkled upon him. He is unclean.

21. And it shall be a perpetual statute to them that he who sprinkles the water of separation shall wash his clothes. And he that touches the water of separation shall be unclean until sunset.

22. And whatever else the unclean person touches shall be unclean. And the one who touches shall be unclean until sunset.’ ”

 (A Faithful Version)

11. 人若觸及死者屍體的，有七天視為不潔淨期。

12. 接觸過的人有二個時間去為自己潔淨，是在事發後第三天和第七天，若第一次沒理會，可在第二次用水潔淨自己，第七天就期就算潔淨了。若不在第三天潔淨自己，第七天也不算為潔淨。

13. 接觸過死人屍體未曾潔淨自己，被視為玷污了耶和華的會幕，這人的靈魂就與以色列人隔絕。只因未曾潔淨，仍舊是不潔之身。

14. 人死在自己的營帳的條例是這樣：進這營帳的人，並帳棚內的物品，有七天的不潔期。

15. 營內中打開口的器皿，就是沒有蓋上的，都視為不潔的。

16. 若誰在野地接觸殺過人的刀，或是這人的屍體，或這人的任何部位，或替他安葬於墳墓，都有七天不潔期。

17. 要些不潔淨之的人，要用器皿將牛灰和水混和，沖洗自己以示潔淨。

18. 收拾後事須要一位潔淨的人，拿牛膝草蘸在水中，灑水在營帳外和營帳內的器皿，並那被殺的死者身上，並墳墓上。

19. 這位行使潔淨禮的人，要在第三天或第七天，為自己行潔淨，這樣，第七天自己就是潔淨的。這潔淨的過程是要洗衣服，用水洗澡，期限是到黃昏為止。

20. 若這位辦完後事之人，不去處理這不潔淨之身，他的靈魂就與以色列人隔離，是因為玷污了耶和華的聖所。未曾以水清潔之身，視為不潔淨的。

21. 這禮儀要作永遠的定例：分別用水清洗衣服，和清潔自己，期限到黃昏為止。

22. 不曾用水潔淨的人所接觸過任何物事，都被視為不潔淨，而接觸過這些東西的人，也視為不潔，直到黃昏為止。

摩西為何在此時設立潔淨禮儀？這問題似乎未被探討過。

當時摩西領著十多萬人從埃及移居回老地方迦南，路不長人很多。他們的處境是食用有耶和華供應，水是從早上收集，當時稱晨露是嗎哪，是希有之物。因此潔淨禮用水是非常講究，為何在這個水源缺乏的情況下，堅持有潔淨禮儀用水的需要？

這是因為曾有瘟疫發生過。當時瘟疫死了一萬多人。當事情平息之後，摩西用禮儀嚴防瘟疫再次用生。這個理解似乎有歷史可作推斷。

這禮儀的真義到現在已經不同，就如許多屬靈的觀念都被世俗化，以這個潔淨禮為例：

Yes, specific Jewish purification rites continue today, though the full biblical system is largely in abeyance due to the lack of the Second Temple and the ashes of the red heifer. Ritual immersion in a mikveh remains a central practice, primarily for family purity laws (taharat ha-mishpahah), where Orthodox and Conservative women immerse after menstruation or childbirth to resume marital relations.

Current practices include:

• Mikveh Immersion: Used by women for menstrual purity, by converts to Judaism, and by men before major holidays like Yom Kippur or Rosh Hashanah.
• Hand Washing: Ritual ablution (netilat yadayim) is performed before eating bread and after using the bathroom.
• Utensil Immersion: Metal and glass tableware purchased from non-Jews must be immersed before use.

Most other purification rituals, such as those involving sacrifices or purification from corpse impurity, are not practiced because the necessary Temple rites and the red heifer ashes are unavailable. Consequently, while basic hygiene and specific ritual washings persist, total ritual purity is considered technically impossible to achieve in the current era.

上述的解釋是缺乏某一類猩紅色的羊毛，現在找不到。找不到的原因是否可以用來理解是事件獨特性？因此用一次就足矣。它之所以成為持續的禮儀，是人的想法，用以維繫。

事實在耶和華的信念不在行為，是在心：口裡承認心就相信。及後以色列人更以同族男丁受割禮，以示自己屬於猶太一族，用意都是一樣：維繫。而耶和華與人的關係不在外表在內心的真誠，為此，保羅說割禮不是守在外是守在內。