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Numbers 19 - Compare Translations

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Numbers 19:1
KJVAnd the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
WEBYahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
YLTAnd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,
Numbers 19:2
KJVThis is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:
WEB“This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded. Tell the children of Israel to bring you a red heifer without spot, in which is no defect, and which was never yoked.
YLT`This [is] a statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they bring unto thee a red cow, a perfect one, in which there is no blemish, on which no yoke hath gone up;
Numbers 19:3
KJVAnd ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:
WEBYou shall give her to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her outside of the camp, and one shall kill her before his face.
YLTand ye have given it unto Eleazar the priest, and he hath brought it out unto the outside of the camp, and hath slaughtered it before him.
Numbers 19:4
KJVAnd Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:
WEBEleazar the priest shall take some of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the Tent of Meeting seven times.
YLT`And Eleazar the priest hath taken of its blood with his finger, and hath sprinkled over-against the front of the tent of meeting of her blood seven times;
Numbers 19:5
KJVAnd one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
WEBOne shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her meat, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn.
YLTand [one] hath burnt the cow before his eyes; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, besides her dung, he doth burn;
Numbers 19:6
KJVAnd the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
WEBThe priest shall take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the middle of the burning of the heifer.
YLTand the priest hath taken cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and hath cast unto the midst of the burning of the cow;
Numbers 19:7
KJVThen the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.
WEBThen the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the evening.
YLTand the priest hath washed his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and afterwards doth come in unto the camp, and the priest is unclean till the evening;
Numbers 19:8
KJVAnd he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
WEBHe who burns her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the evening.
YLTand he who is burning it doth wash his garments with water, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and is unclean till the evening.
Numbers 19:9
KJVAnd a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
WEB“A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up outside of the camp in a clean place; and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for use in water for cleansing impurity. It is a sin offering.
YLT`And a clean man hath gathered the ashes of the cow, and hath placed at the outside of the camp, in a clean place, and it hath become to the company of the sons of Israel a charge for waters of separation -- it [is] a [cleansing];
Numbers 19:10
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Numbers 19:11
KJVHe that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
WEB“He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
YLT`He who is coming against the dead body of any man -- is unclean seven days;
Numbers 19:12
KJVHe shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
WEBHe shall purify himself with water on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean; but if he doesn’t purify himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
YLThe doth cleanse himself for it on the third day, and on the seventh day he is clean; and if he cleanse not himself on the third day, then on the seventh day he is not clean.
Numbers 19:13
KJVWhosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth 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 yet upon him.
WEBWhoever touches a dead person, the body of a man who has died, and doesn’t purify himself, defiles Yahweh’s tabernacle; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel; because the water for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean. His uncleanness is yet on him.
YLTAny one who is coming against the dead, against the body of man who dieth, and cleanseth not himself -- the tabernacle of Jehovah he hath defiled, and that person hath been cut off from Israel, for water of separation is not sprinkled upon him; he is unclean; his uncleanness [is] still upon him.
Numbers 19:14
KJVThis 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.
WEB“This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
YLT`This [is] the law, when a man dieth in a tent: every one who is coming in unto the tent, and all that [is] in the tent, is unclean seven days;
Numbers 19:15
KJVAnd every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
WEBEvery open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is unclean.
YLTand every open vessel which hath no covering of thread upon it is unclean.
Numbers 19:16
KJVAnd whosoever toucheth one that is slain 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.
WEB“Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
YLT`And every one who cometh, on the face of the field, against the pierced of a sword, or against the dead, or against a bone of man, or against a grave, is unclean seven days;
Numbers 19:17
KJVAnd for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:
WEB“For the unclean, they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin offering; and running water shall be poured into a vessel.
YLTand they have taken for the unclean person of the ashes of the burning of the [cleansing], and he hath put upon it running water unto a vessel;
Numbers 19:18
KJVAnd a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
WEBA clean person shall take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, and on him who touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave.
YLTand a clean person hath taken hyssop, and hath dipped [it] in water, and hath sprinkled on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on the persons who have been there, and on him who is coming against a bone, or against one pierced, or against the dead, or against a grave.
Numbers 19:19
KJVAnd the clean person shall sprinkle upon 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 shall be clean at even.
WEBThe clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day. On the seventh day, he shall purify him. He shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at evening.
YLT`And the clean hath sprinkled [it] on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day, and hath cleansed him on the seventh day, and he hath washed his garments, and hath bathed with water, and hath been clean in the evening.
Numbers 19:20
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Numbers 19:21
KJVAnd it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
WEBIt shall be a perpetual statute to them. He who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening.
YLT`And it hath been to them for a statute age-during, that he who is sprinkling the water of separation doth wash his garments, and he who is coming against the water of separation is unclean till the evening,
Numbers 19:22
KJVAnd whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
WEB“Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the soul that touches it shall be unclean until evening.”
YLTand all against which the unclean person cometh is unclean, and the person who is coming against [it] is unclean till the evening.'
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