Numbers 19:22 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 19:22

Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.”

BSB

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ASV

And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.

KJV

And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

To afford the necessary supply of the cleansing mixture, the Jewish writers say that a red heifer was sacrificed every year, and that the ashes, mingled with the sprinkling ingredients, were distributed through all the cities and towns of Israel.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The unclean person - Not he who is so only by touching the water of separation, ver. 21, but he who is so by the greater sort of uncleanness, which lasted seven days, and which was not removed without the use of this water of purification.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And that this ceremonial purification was a type and figure of the cleansing of the consciences of believers from the pollutions of sin appears by the apostle's discourse, Heb. ix. 13, 14 , where he compares the efficacy of the blood of Christ with the sanctifying virtue that was in "the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean." The Ashes of Purification.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְכֹ֛ל	ve.Khol	and all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	that	H834 →
יִגַּע־	yi.ga'-	he will touch	H5060 →
בּ֥וֹ	bo	<in> <the> it
הַטָּמֵ֖א	ha.ta.Me'	the unclean [person]	H2931 →
יִטְמָ֑א	yit.Ma'	it will be unclean	H2930 →
וְהַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ	ve.ha.Ne.fesh	and the person	H5315 →
הַנֹּגַ֖עַת	ha.no.Ga.'at	who touches [it]	H5060 →
תִּטְמָ֥א	tit.Ma'	it will be unclean	H2930 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
הָעָֽרֶב׃ פ	ha.'A.rev	the evening	H6153 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Leviticus 15:5
Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
leads to
- Leviticus 11:25
  and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 16:26
  The man who released the goat as the scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.
- Leviticus 17:15
  And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he…
Through
Haggai 2:13
So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.
leads to
- Numbers 9:6–10
  But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same day
- Leviticus 22:4–6
  If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man…
- Numbers 19:11–22
  Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.
- Numbers 5:2–3
  “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.
Through
Leviticus 7:19
Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned up. As for any other meat, anyone who is ceremonially clean may eat it.
leads to
- Romans 14:20
  Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.

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06About Numbers

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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About Numbers