Numbers 19:17

And for one who is tamei they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the purification, and running mayim shall be put thereto in a vessel;

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

16And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a cherev in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a kever, shall be tamei seven days.

18And an ish tahor shall take hyssop, and dip it in the mayim, and sprinkle it upon the ohel, and upon all the vessels, and upon the nefashot that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a kever;

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Cross References

Genesis 26:19And avdei Yitzchak dug in the valley, and found there a well of mayim chayyim.

Song of Solomon 4:15A na'yan (fountain) of gardens, a be'er (well) of mayim chayyim (well of living waters), 1 and streams from the Levanon. 1

John 7:38The one with emunah in me, as the Kitvei Hakodesh said, “Out of the midst of him, rivers of MAYIM CHAYYIM + 7:38 Zech 14:8 will flow.” + 7:38 Prov 18:4; Isa 44:3; 58:11; 43:19 f, Ezek 47:1-12; Yoel 4:18; Song 4:15

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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