Numbers 19:17

And they shall take of the ashes of the burning and of the sin offering, and shall pour living waters upon them into a vessel.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:

In Context

16If any man in the field touch the corpse of a man that was slain, or that died of himself, or his bone, or his grave, he shall be unclean seven days.

18And a man that is clean shall dip hyssop in them, and shall sprinkle therewith all the tent, and all the furniture, and the men that are defiled with touching any such thing:

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Cross References

Genesis 26:19And they digged in the torrent, and found living water.

Song of Solomon 4:15The fountain of gardens: the well of living waters, which run with a strong stream from Libanus.

John 7:38He that believeth in me, as the scripture saith, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 19:12-22

11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. 12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his… Read the whole commentary →

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