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Numbers 19:10

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The 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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.

KJV

And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.

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This verse in Numbers 19

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
He that gathered the ashes became equally unclean with the others. For the defilement of the people, previously transferred to the heifer, was regarded as concentrated in the ashes.

This site's exposition

gather up the ashes of the heifer

on Numbers 19:9-10

A clean man stores the ashes outside the camp for the water of purification, so one animal supplies a nation for years. Hebrews 9:13 names the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on the unclean.

This site's exposition

The man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer

Albert Barnes explains the gatherer's uncleanness by the people's defilement, laid first on the heifer and then gathered into her ashes. Matthew Henry quotes Bishop Patrick that every sin offering was counted impure because sins were laid on it. Leviticus 16:28 treats the burner of the atonement offerings alike.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But (says bishop Patrick) it is not strange to those who consider that all the sacrifices which were offered for sin were therefore looked upon as impure, because the sins of men were laid upon them, as all our sins were upon Christ, who therefore is said to be made sin for us, 2 Cor. v. 21 .

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

); so there is virtue enough in the blood of Christ for all that repent and believe the gospel, for every Israelite, and not for their sins only, but for the sins of the whole world, 1 John ii.

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The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְ֠כִבֶּסand he will wash

    vekhibesH3526 →51 times

  • הָאֹסֵ֨ףthe [one who] gathers

    haosefH622 →200 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אֵ֤פֶר[the] ash[es] of

    ʾeferH665 →

  • הַפָּרָה֙the heifer

    haparahH6510 →26 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בְּגָדָ֔יוclothes his

    begadavH899 →217 times

  • וְטָמֵ֖אand he will be unclean

    vetame'H2930 →162 times

  • עַד־until

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • הָעָ֑רֶבthe evening

    haarevH6153 →134 times

  • וְֽהָיְתָ֞הand it will become

    vehayetahH1961 →3559 times

  • לִבְנֵ֣יfor [the] people of

    livneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וְלַגֵּ֛רand for the sojourner

    velagerH1616 →92 times

  • הַגָּ֥רwho sojourns

    hagarH1481 →97 times

  • בְּתוֹכָ֖םin midst of them

    betokhamH8432 →418 times

  • לְחֻקַּ֥ת<into> a statute of

    lechukatH2708 →104 times

  • עוֹלָֽם׃perpetuity

    olamH5769 →438 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Leviticus 11:25and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.3 worksColossians 3:11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.2 worksNumbers 15:15–16The assembly is to have the same statute both for you and for the foreign resident; it is a permanent statute for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the LORD.2 worksRomans 3:29–30Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,2 worksNumbers 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.2 worksExodus 12:49The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Numbers 19:7–8Then 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.2 worksLeviticus 15:5Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Colossians 3:11

    Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

    it leads to

    • Galatians 3:28–29

      There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

    • 1 Corinthians 12:13

      For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

    • Romans 10:12

      For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,

    • Ephesians 3:6

      This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

    • Ephesians 1:23

      which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

  • Through

    Numbers 19:19

    The 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…

    it leads to

    • 1 John 1:7

      But 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.

    • Hebrews 10:22

      let 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.

    • Ezekiel 36:25

      I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
Numbers: the study guide →Read Numbers 19 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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