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Death as a Symbol of Sin
Commentators widely agree that the seven-day uncleanness from touching a human corpse was uniquely severe because human death is the direct result of sin. Charles Ellicott notes that touching a dead animal only caused uncleanness for a day. The extended period for humans powerfully symbolized that death is the 'wages of sin,' reminding the Israelites of sin's profoundly defiling nature.
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Albert Barnes
On Numbers 19:11–22
18th Century
Theologian
One practical effect of attaching defilement to a dead body, and to all that touched it, etc., would be to ensure early burial, and to correct a pr…
Charles Ellicott
On Numbers 19:11
19th Century
Bishop
He that toucheth the dead body ... — The defilement caused by touching the dead body of a beast lasted only until the…
Charles Spurgeon
On Numbers 19:11–12
19th Century
Preacher
I wonder whether that is a revelation of our being justified through the resurrection of Christ, which took place on the third day after his death,…
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John Calvin
On Numbers 19:11
16th Century
Theologian
He that toucheth the dead body. He now describes certain forms of pollution for which washing was necessary. All of them, however, come to…
John Gill
On Numbers 19:11
17th Century
Pastor
He that toucheth the dead body of any man
A man and not a beast, as Aben Ezra observes; for he that touched the dead…
Matthew Henry
On Numbers 19:11–22
17th Century
Minister
Why did the law make a corpse a defiling thing? Because death is the wages of sin, which entered the world through sin, and reigns by its power. Th…