Numbers 19:12
He shall make himself tahor with it on the Yom HaShelishi, and on the seventh day he shall be tahor; but if he does not make himself tahor on the Yom HaShelishi, then the seventh day he shall not be tahor.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be tamei shivat yamim.
Cross References
Exodus 19:15Then he said to HaAm, Be ready by Sheloshet Yamim; come not into your isha.
Leviticus 14:7And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be made tahor from the tzara'at seven times, and shall pronounce him tahor, and shall release the living bird into the open field.
Numbers 31:19And do ye abide outside the machaneh shivat yamim; whosoever hath killed nefesh, and whosoever hath touched any chalal, purify both yourselves and your captives on Yom HaShelishi and on Yom HaShevi'i.
Ezekiel 36:25Then will I sprinkle mayim tehorim upon you, and ye shall be tahor; from all your tum'a, and from all your gillulim (idols), will I make you tahor.
Acts 15:9And in making tehorot their levavot by emunah, in this respect Hashem did not differentiate between us Jews and those non-Jews.
Revelation 7:14And I said to him, Adoni, you have da'as. And he said to me, These are the ones coming out of HaTzarah HaGedolah + 7:14 Mt 24:29f (The Great Tribulation) and each washed his kittel and whitened it in the dahm of the SEH + 7:14 Ex 12:3; Isa 53:7 Moshiach (Lamb).
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 →