Numbers 19:21

'And it hath been to them for a statute age-during, that he who is sprinkling the water of separation doth wash his garments, and he who is coming against the water of separation is unclean till the evening,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.

In Context

20'And the man who is unclean, and doth not cleanse himself, even that person hath been cut off from the midst of the assembly; for the sanctuary of Jehovah he hath defiled; water of separation is not sprinkled upon him; he [is] unclean.

22and all against which the unclean person cometh is unclean, and the person who is coming against [it] is unclean till the evening.'

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:25and anyone who is lifting up [aught] of their carcase doth wash his garments, and hath been unclean till the evening: —

Leviticus 16:26'And he who is sending away the goat for a goat of departure doth wash his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and afterwards he cometh in unto the camp.

Numbers 19:7and the priest hath washed his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and afterwards doth come in unto the camp, and the priest is unclean till the evening;

Numbers 19:10and he who is gathering the ashes of the heifer hath washed his garments, and is unclean till the evening; and it hath been to the sons of Israel, and to the sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, for a statute age-during.

Hebrews 9:10only in victuals, and drinks, and different baptisms, and fleshly ordinances — till the time of reformation imposed upon [them].

Hebrews 10:4for it is impossible for blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

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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