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Numbers 19:12

Numbers 19:12
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.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

He shall purify himself with it,.... That is, with the ashes of the water of purification made of them: and this was to…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Numbers 19:11-22

One practical effect of attaching defilement to a dead body, and to all that touched it, etc., would be to insure early…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Numbers 19:11-22

Directions are here given concerning the use and application of the ashes which were prepared for purification. they…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

therewith with the -water of impurity."

It is clear that the writer of Num 19:19 understood the sprinkling to have been…