Numbers · 22 verses
Numbers 19
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The man who purifies the unclean person becomes unclean himself until evening—a wonderfully peculiar exchange, in which cleanliness is lent out and promptly loses its afternoon.
The red heifer and its ashesvv. 1–10
The LORD gives Moses and Aaron a statute for the Israelites: an unblemished red heifer, never yoked, is brought to Eleazar, taken outside the camp, and slaughtered in his presence. Eleazar sprinkles its blood seven times toward the Tent of Meeting, then the whole creature goes into the fire—hide, flesh, blood, and dung, with cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool thrown in for good measure. The priest, the burner, and the man who gathers the ashes must each wash and wait until evening; the ashes themselves are stored outside the camp for the water of purification.
Death in a tent, and the water that travelsvv. 11–22
Touching a dead body makes a person unclean for seven days, with purification required on the third and seventh days. A corpse in a tent affects everyone already inside, everyone who enters, and even an open container without a fastened lid—an impressive amount of trouble for one missing lid. The ashes are mixed with fresh water, and a clean man sprinkles the tent, its furnishings, and the people; he also sprinkles the unclean person on the third and seventh days. Yet the sprinkler becomes unclean until evening, as does anyone who touches the purification water, and uncleanness continues to pass from the unclean person to whatever and whoever is touched.
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Num 19:2“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.
Num 19:3Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.
Num 19:4Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting.
Num 19:5Then the heifer must be burned in his sight. Its hide, its flesh, and its blood are to be burned, along with its dung.
Num 19:6The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.
Num 19:7Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean until evening.
Num 19:8The one who burned the heifer must also wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he too will be ceremonially unclean until evening.
Num 19:9Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept by the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification; this is for purification from sin.
Num 19:10The man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.
Num 19:11Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.
Num 19:12He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean.
Num 19:13Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.
Num 19:14This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent and everyone already in the tent will be unclean for seven days,
Num 19:15and any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean.
Num 19:16Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.
Num 19:17For the purification of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them.
Num 19:18Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.
Num 19:19The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean.
Num 19:20But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
Num 19:21This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.
Num 19:22Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.”
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- 191 John 1:7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- 21Hebrews 9:13–14For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,
- 18Ezekiel 36:25–27I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- 19Hebrews 10:22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
- 21Hebrews 10:4because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
- 18Hebrews 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
- 11Numbers 5:2“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.
- 11Numbers 31:19All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives.
- 11Leviticus 21:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,
- 2Deuteronomy 21:3Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,
- 6Leviticus 14:4the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.
- 2Leviticus 22:20–25You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
- 3Leviticus 4:12all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place where the ashes are poured out, and there he must burn it on a wood fire on the ash heap.
- 5Exodus 29:14But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
- 13Leviticus 15:31You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.
- 21 Samuel 6:7Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.
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