Slain with a sword— In chap. Numbers 31:19 this is expressed more generally; whosoever hath touched any slain—whether by the sword, or any other instrument.
Related Commentaries of Numbers 19:16
Numbers 19:16
16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.