Numbers 19:10
And he that gathers up the ashes of the heifer shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean until evening; and it shall be a perpetual statute for the children of Israel and for the strangers joined to them.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
11He that touches the dead body of any man, shall be unclean seven days.
Cross References
Exodus 12:49There shall be one law to the native, and to the proselyte coming among you.
Leviticus 16:28And he that burns them shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and afterwards he shall enter into the camp.
Numbers 19:7And the priest shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and afterwards he shall go into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean till evening.
Numbers 19:21And it shall be to you a perpetual statute; and he that sprinkles the water of sprinkling shall wash his garments; and he that touches the water of sprinkling shall be unclean until 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 →