Numbers 19:8

And he who does the burning is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.

In Context

7And the priest, after washing his clothing and bathing his body in water, may come back to the tent-circle, and will be unclean till evening.

9Then let a man who is clean take the dust of the burned cow and put it outside the tent-circle in a clean place, where it is to be kept for the children of Israel and used in making the water which takes away what is unclean: it is a sin-offering.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:25Whoever takes away the dead body of one of them is to have his clothing washed, and will be unclean till evening.

Leviticus 17:15And anyone who takes as food anything which has come to a natural end, or anything which has been put to death by beasts, if he is one of you by birth, or of another nation, will have to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening, and then he will be clean.

Numbers 19:21This is to be a law for them for ever: he who puts the water on the unclean person is to have his clothing washed; and anyone touching the water will be unclean till evening.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 19:2-11

The Ashes of Purification. ( b. c. 1471.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: 3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and… Read the whole commentary →

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