Numbers 19:14

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,

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites in the wilderness, delivering ritual regulations immediately after the red heifer instructions.

The words — The opening phrase זֹ֚את הַ/תּוֹרָ֔ה (zot ha./to.Rah) literally renders "this is the law," formally introducing the regulation that follows.

The thread — The verse extends corpse impurity to enclosed spaces, directly supporting 19:13’s warning that defiling the tabernacle requires purification and 19:15’s parallel rule for uncovered vessels.

Why it lands — It establishes a fixed seven-day period of impurity for anyone present in or entering a space where death occurs, requiring strict adherence to purification protocols before resuming communal or sacred duties.

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The Hebrew words

זֹ֚אתzotthis הַתּוֹרָ֔הha./to.Rah[is] the/ law אָדָ֖ם'a.Damanyone כִּֽי־ki-if יָמ֣וּתya.Muthe will die בְּאֹ֑הֶלbe./'O.helin/ a tent כָּל־kol-every הַבָּ֤אha./Ba'<the>/ [one who] goes אֶל־'el-into הָאֹ֙הֶל֙ha./'O.helthe/ tent וְכָל־ve./kholand/ every אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sher[one] who בָּאֹ֔הֶלba./'O.hel[is] in the/ tent יִטְמָ֖אyit.Ma'he will be unclean שִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'Atseven יָמִֽים׃ya.Mimdays

King James Version

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.