Numbers - 19:8



8 He who burns her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the evening.

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 19:8.

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And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
He also that hath burned her, shall wash his garments, and his body, and shall be unclean until the evening.
and he that hath burned it shall wash his garments in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
and he who is burning it doth wash his garments with water, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and is unclean till the evening.
And he who does the burning is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.
Ille quoque qui combusserit eam, lavabit vestimenta sua aqua, lavabit et carnem suam aqua, immundusque erit usque ad vesperam.

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Historical Commentaries

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And he that (d) burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
(d) The inferior priest who killed her, and burned her.

And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water,.... In forty seahs of water, as the Targum of Jonathan: this shows that one different from this is designed in Numbers 19:7; and that this is one distinct from him that sprinkled the blood, Numbers 19:4,
and bathe his flesh in water: in a like quantity, as the above Targum:
and shall be unclean until the even: and, though washed, might not go into the camp until that time: this may signify, as before, that though the crucifixion of Christ was a very great sin, and done by wicked hands, yet was pardonable through the very blood that was shed by them, Acts 2:23.

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