Numbers 19:8

8 The man who burns the cow must wash himself and his clothes in water; he will be unclean until evening.

Numbers 19:8 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 19:8

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 Numbers 19:5 ) ;

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 Acts 2:36 Acts 2:38 Acts 2:41 ) .

Numbers 19:8 In-Context

6 Then the priest must take a cedar stick, a hyssop branch, and a red string and throw them onto the burning cow.

7 After the priest has washed himself and his clothes with water, he may come back into the camp, but he will be unclean until evening.

8 The man who burns the cow must wash himself and his clothes in water; he will be unclean until evening.

9 "Then someone who is clean will collect the ashes from the cow and put them in a clean place outside the camp. The Israelites will keep these ashes to use in the cleansing water, in a special ceremony to cleanse away sin.

10 The man who collected the cow's ashes must wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. This is a lasting rule for the Israelites and for the foreigners among them.