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Numbers 19:17

15 and any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean.

16 Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

For the purification of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them.

18 Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.

19 The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For the purification of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them.
KJV
And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:
WEB
“For the unclean, they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin offering; and running water shall be poured on them in a vessel.
ASV
And for the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin-offering; and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:
DARBY
And they shall take for the unclean of the ashes of the purification-offering that hath been burned, and shall put running water thereon in a vessel;
BLB
And they shall take for the unclean some of the ashes of the burning for sin, and shall be put on them living water in a vessel.
ÅB
Og for å rense den som slik er blitt uren, skal de ta noe av asken etter det brant syndoffer og helle rinnende vann på det i et kar.
OTB
For den urene personen, ta noe av asken fra det brente renselsesofferet og tilsett rennende vann i en beholder.
B1930
Og for å rense den som således er blitt uren, skal de ta noget av asken efter det brente syndoffer og helle rinnende vann på det i et kar.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 19:9

    Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept by the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification; this is for purification from sin.

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  • John 7:38

    Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”

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  • Genesis 26:19

    Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.

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  • Song of Solomon 4:15

    You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.

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  • John 4:10–11

    Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

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  • Revelation 7:17

    For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”

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