Numbers 19:11 (WEB)
“He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
Fathers and councils · 2
John Damascene
“In the law every one who toucheth a dead body was considered impure, but these are not dead.” — editor's note: Num. xix. 11.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Lastly, what? to die, is that also a sin? or, to bury a dead person, is it not also a good work of humanity? and yet a purification was commanded even on occasion of this also; because also a dead body, life abandoning it, is not sin, but signifies the sin of a soul abandoned by righteousness.” — editor's note: Numb. xix. 11
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