He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
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Gill's Exposition
He shall purify himself with it,.... That is, with the ashes of the water of purification made of them: and this was to be done first
on the third day; from the time of his touching the dead body.…
One practical effect of attaching defilement to a dead body, and to all that touched it, etc., would be to insure early burial, and to correct a practice not uncommon in the East, of leaving the deal…
Directions are here given concerning the use and application of the ashes which were prepared for purification. they were laid up to be laid out; and therefore, though now one place would serve to…
Cambridge Bible
therewith with the -water of impurity."
It is clear that the writer of Num 19:19 understood the sprinkling to have been performed twice. But in this verse, according to R.V., it is performed only on…
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