Bilangan 19:16

19:16 And whoever touches the body of someone killed with a sword in the open fields, ¹  or the body of someone who died of natural causes, ²  or a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean seven days. ³ 

Mazmur 53:6

53:6 I wish the deliverance ⁴  of Israel would come from Zion!

When God restores the well-being of his people, ⁵ 

may Jacob rejoice, ⁶ 

may Israel be happy! ⁷ 

[19:16]  ¹ tn The expression for “in the open field” is literally “upon the face of the field” (עַל־פְּנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה, ’al pÿne hassadeh). This ruling is in contrast now to what was contacted in the tent.

[19:16]  ² tn Heb “a dead body”; but in contrast to the person killed with a sword, this must refer to someone who died of natural causes.

[19:16]  ³ sn See Matt 23:27 and Acts 23:3 for application of this by the time of Jesus.

[53:6]  ⁴ tn This refers metonymically to God, the one who lives in Zion and provides deliverance for Israel.

[53:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “turns with a turning [toward] his people.” The Hebrew term שְׁבוּת (shÿvut) is apparently a cognate accusative of שׁוּב (shuv).

[53:6]  ⁶ tn The verb form is jussive.

[53:6]  ⁷ tn Because the parallel verb is jussive, this verb, which is ambiguous in form, should be taken as a jussive as well.