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dead

Meaning of “dead”

Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.

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First occurrence: Genesis 20:3

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Numbers 5:2
Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 5:2 · retained source text

Commaund the children of Israel, that they put out of the campe euery leper, and euery one that hath an issue, and whosoeuer is defiled by the dead:

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 13.3.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 15.2.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 21.1.

Numbers 6:6
All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall come at no dead body.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 6:6 · retained source text

All the dayes that he separateth himselfe vnto the LORD, hee shall come at no dead body.

Numbers 6:11
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 6:11 · retained source text

And the Priest shall offer the one for a sinne offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that hee sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.

Numbers 9:6
¶ And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 9:6 · retained source text

¶ And there were certaine men who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keepe the Passeouer on that day: and they came before Moses, and before Aaron on that day.

Numbers 9:7
And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the Lord in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 9:7 · retained source text

And those men said vnto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept backe, that wee may not offer an offring of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?

Numbers 9:10
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 9:10 · retained source text

Speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you, or of your posteritie shall be vncleane by reason of a dead body, or bee in a iourney afarre off, yet he shall keepe the Passeouer vnto the LORD.

Numbers 12:12
Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 12:12 · retained source text

Let her not bee as one dead, of whom the flesh is halfe consumed, when he commeth out of his mothers wombe.

Numbers 16:48
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 16:48 · retained source text

And he stood betweene the dead and the liuing, and the plague was stayed.

Numbers 19:11
¶ He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 19:11 · retained source text

¶ He that toucheth the dead body of any man, shall bee vncleane seuen dayes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. soule.

Numbers 19:13
Whosoever 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.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 19:13 · retained source text

Whosoeuer toucheth the dead bodie of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himselfe, defileth the Tabernacle of the LORD, and that soule shall be cut off from Israel, because the water of separation was not sprinckled vpon him: he shall be vncleane, his vncleannesse is yet vpon him.

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