Numbers 19:8

8 The one who burns the heifer shall wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water; he shall remain 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 The priest shall take cedarwood, hyssop, and crimson material, and throw them into the fire in which the heifer is burning.

7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterwards he may come into the camp; but the priest shall remain unclean until evening.

8 The one who burns the heifer shall wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water; he shall remain unclean until evening.

9 Then someone who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place; and they shall be kept for the congregation of the Israelites for the water for cleansing. It is a purification offering.

10 The one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. This shall be a perpetual statute for the Israelites and for the alien residing among them.

Footnotes

• [a]. Heb [it]