Numbers 19:9

9 'Now a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside * the camp in a clean place, and the congregation of the sons of Israel shall keep it as 1water to remove impurity; it is purification from sin.

Numbers 19:9 In-Context

7 'The priest shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward come into the camp, but the priest shall be unclean until evening.
8 'The one who burns it shall also wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
9 'Now a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place, and the congregation of the sons of Israel shall keep it as water to remove impurity; it is purification from sin.
10 'The one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; and it shall be a perpetual statute to the sons of Israel and to the alien who sojourns among them.
11 'The one who touches the corpse of any person shall be unclean for seven days.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Numbers 8:7; Numbers 31:23

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Lit "it shall be to the congregation...Israel, for a guarding as water of impurity"
  • [b]. Or "a sin offering"
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