And whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
Torah Temimah: Nazir 53b — “On the face of the field” — this is one who overshadows the face of the corpse.
English: “On the face of the field” — this is one who overshadows the face of the corpse.
Identification of the form of contact intended by “on the face of the field.”
One who forms a tent (ohel) over the face of a corpse in the open field contracts seven-day impurity.