SEV Biblia, Chapter 19:16
Y cualquiera que tocare un muerto a cuchillo sobre la faz del campo, o un cadáver, o un hueso humano, o un sepulcro, siete días será inmundo.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 16. And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields , etc.] That is killed by another, that dies a violent death, either by the sword or other means; one that touched such an one was unclean, or that touched the sword with which he was slain, as the Targum of Jonathan adds: “or a dead body”: that dies a natural death, or suddenly, or in any way: or a bone off a man ; dug out of a grave, and lying by itself: or a grave ; the Targum adds, either the covering or side of a grave: shall be unclean seven days ; all which has respect to the defiling nature of sin, which is the cause of death and the grave.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 11-22 - Why did the law make a corpse a defiling thing? Because death is the wages of sin, which entered into the world by it, and reigns by the power of it. The law could not conquer death, nor abolish it, as the gospel does, by bringing life and immortality to light, and s introducing a better hope. As the ashes of the heifer signified the merit of Christ, so the running water signified the power and grace of the blessed Spirit, who is compared to rivers of living water; and it is by his work that the righteousness of Christ is applied to us for our cleansing. Those who promise themselves benefit by the righteousness of Christ, while they submit not to the grace an influence of the Holy Spirit, do but deceive themselves; we cannot be purified by the ashes, otherwise than in the running water. What us could there be in these appointments, if they do not refer to the doctrines concerning the sacrifice of Christ? But comparing them with the New Testament, the knowledge to be got from them is evident. The true state of fallen man is shown in these institutions. Here we lear the defiling nature of sin, and are warned to avoid evi communications __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
וכל 3605 אשׁר 834 יגע 5060 על 5921 פני 6440 השׂדה 7704 בחלל 2491 חרב 2719 או 176 במת 4191 או 176 בעצם 6106 אדם 120 או 176 בקבר 6913 יטמא 2930 שׁבעת 7651 ימים׃ 3117
