Numbers 19:7

7 'The priest 1shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward come into the camp, but the priest shall be unclean until evening.

Numbers 19:7 In-Context

5 'Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight; its hide and its flesh and its blood, with its refuse, shall be burned.
6 'The priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet material and cast it into the midst of the burning heifer.
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.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Leviticus 16:26, 28; Leviticus 22:6

Footnotes 1

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