{Abraham, this is the agreement between you and me:} Any male that is not circumcised will be cut off from his people. [97] Why? Because that person has broken my agreement.”
Numbers 19:20 - Easy To Read Version “If a person becomes unclean [264] and does not become clean, [265] that person must be separated from the people of Israel. That person was not sprinkled with the special water. He did not become clean. So he might make the Holy Tent [266] unclean. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. The water for purification has not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. American Standard Version (1901) But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of Jehovah: the water for impurity hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. Common English Bible Any person who is unclean and didn’t cleanse himself will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the LORD’s sanctuary. He didn’t have the water of purification sprinkled on him. He is unclean. Catholic Public Domain Version If anyone has not been expiated by this ritual, his soul shall perish from the midst of the Church. For he has polluted the Sanctuary of the Lord, and he has not been sprinkled with purifying waters. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If any man be not expiated after this rite, his soul shall perish out of the midst of the church: because he hath profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, and was not sprinkled with the water of purification. |
{Abraham, this is the agreement between you and me:} Any male that is not circumcised will be cut off from his people. [97] Why? Because that person has broken my agreement.”
If anyone makes a perfume like this holy oil, and if he gives it to a foreigner, then that person must be separated from his people.”
“So you must warn the people of Israel about being unclean. [256] {If you don’t warn the people, then} they might make my Holy Tent [257] unclean. And then they would have to die!”
If that person does not wash {his clothes} or bathe his body, then he will be guilty {of sin}.”
“If any of Aaron’s descendants [386] has one of the bad skin diseases [387] or a discharge [388] he can’t eat the holy food until he becomes clean. [389] That rule is for any priest that becomes unclean. [390] That priest can become unclean from a dead body or from his own semen. [391]
“But if a person sins and knows that he is doing wrong, then that person is against the Lord. That person must be separated from his people. It is the same for a person born into the family of Israel or for a foreigner living among you.
If a person touches a dead body, then that person is unclean. If that person stays unclean and then goes to the Holy Tent, [257] then the Holy Tent becomes unclean. So that person must be separated from the people of Israel. If the special water is not thrown on an unclean person, then that person will stay unclean.
But any person who is able must celebrate Passover at the right time. If he is clean [145] and he is not away on a trip, then he has no excuse. If that person does not celebrate Passover at the right time, then he must be separated from his people. He is guilty and must be punished! Why? Because he did not give the Lord his gift at the right time.
Any person that believes and is baptized {\cf2\super [241]} will be saved. But the person that does not believe will be judged guilty.
Dear friends, we are waiting for this to happen. So try as hard as you can to be without sin and without fault. Try to be at peace with God.
Let the person that is doing wrong continue to do wrong. Let the person that is unclean continue to be unclean. Let the person that is doing right continue to do right. Let the person that is holy continue to be holy {\cf2\super [172]} .”