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Numbers 19:8

The man who burns that cow must wash himself and his clothes in water. He will be unclean until evening.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ablution;   Defilement;   Purification;   Water;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Defilement;   Purifications or Baptisms;   Red Heifer, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ashes;   Clean and Unclean;   Heifer;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Clean, Unclean;   Color, Symbolic Meaning of;   Priest, Priesthood;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Heifer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ablutions;   Heifer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Colours;   Numbers, Book of;   Red Heifer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Preparation ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Atonement;   Heifer, Red;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Red heifer;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ashes;   Clean and unclean;   Covenant;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Heifer;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ablution;   Baptism (Non-Immersionist View);   Heifer, Red;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ablution;   Hafá¹­arah;   Law, Reading from the;   Red Heifer;   Sacrifice;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He who burns her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
King James Version
And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
Lexham English Bible
The one who burns it will wash his garments and his body in water; he will be unclean until the evening.
English Standard Version
The one who burns the heifer shall wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water and shall be unclean until evening.
New Century Version
The man who burns the cow must wash himself and his clothes in water; he will be unclean until evening.
New English Translation
The one who burns it must wash his clothes in water and bathe himself in water. He will be ceremonially unclean until evening.
Amplified Bible
'The one who burns the heifer shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
New American Standard Bible
'The one who burns the heifer shall also wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water, and will be unclean until evening.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also he that burneth her, shall wash his clothes in water, and wash his flesh in water, and be vncleane vntill euen.
Legacy Standard Bible
The one who burns it shall also wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water and shall be unclean until evening.
Contemporary English Version
The man who burned the cow must also wash his clothes and take a bath, but he is also unclean until evening.
Complete Jewish Bible
The person who burned up the heifer is to wash his clothes and himself in water, but he will remain unclean until evening.
Darby Translation
and he that hath burned it shall wash his garments in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
George Lamsa Translation
And he who burns the heifer shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; and he shall be unclean until the evening.
Good News Translation
The one who burned the cow must also wash his clothes and pour water over himself, but he also remains unclean until evening.
Christian Standard Bible®
The one who burned the cow must also wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
Literal Translation
And he that burned her shall wash his clothes in water, and shall bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the evening.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he that burnt her, shal wash his clothes also with water, and bathe his body in water, & be vncleane vntyll ye euen.
American Standard Version
And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
Bible in Basic English
And he who does the burning is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he that burneth her shall washe his clothes in water, & bathe his fleshe in water, and be vncleane vntyll euen.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
King James Version (1611)
And he that burneth her, shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be vncleane vntill the Euen.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he that burns her shall wash his garments, and bathe his body, and shall be unclean till evening.
English Revised Version
And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
Berean Standard Bible
The one who burned the heifer must also wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he too will be unclean until evening.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But also he that brente the cow, schal waische hise clothis, and bodi, and he schal be vncleene `til to euentid.
Young's Literal Translation
and he who is burning it doth wash his garments with water, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and is unclean till the evening.
Update Bible Version
And he that burns her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the evening.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the evening.
World English Bible
He who burns her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
New King James Version
And the one who burns it shall wash his clothes in water, bathe in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
New Living Translation
The man who burns the animal must also wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and he, too, will remain unclean until evening.
New Life Bible
The one who burns it will also wash his clothes and wash his body in water. And he will be unclean until evening.
New Revised Standard
The one who burns the heifer shall wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water; he shall remain unclean until evening.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, he that burneth her, shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, - and be unclean until the evening,
Douay-Rheims Bible
He also that hath burned her, shall wash his garments, and his body, and shall be unclean until the evening.
Revised Standard Version
He who burns the heifer shall wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'The one who burns it shall also wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said, 2 "These are the laws from the teachings that the Lord gave to the Israelites. Get a red cow that has nothing wrong with it. That cow must not have any bruises. And it must never have worn a yoke. 3 Give that cow to Eleazar, and he will take it outside the camp and kill it there. 4 Then Eleazar the priest must put some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle some of the blood toward the Holy Tent. He must do this seven times. 5 Then the whole cow must be burned in front of him; the skin, the meat, the blood, and the intestines must all be burned. 6 Then the priest must take a cedar stick, a hyssop branch, and some red string. He must throw these things into the fire where the cow is burning. 7 Then the priest must wash himself and his clothes with water. Then he must come back into the camp. He will be unclean until evening. 8 The man who burns that 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. These ashes will be used when someone must keep a special ceremony to become clean. These ashes will also be used to remove a person's sins. 10 "The man who collected the cow's ashes must wash his clothes. He will be unclean until evening. "This rule will continue forever. This rule is for the citizens of Israel and for the foreigners living with you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Leviticus 11:25 - and be unclean Leviticus 11:40 - shall wash Leviticus 16:26 - wash Leviticus 17:15 - both wash Numbers 8:7 - wash their Numbers 19:7 - General Numbers 19:10 - wash his John 13:10 - He

Cross-References

Genesis 18:5
I will get some food for you, and you can eat as much as you want. Then you can continue your journey." The three men said, "Do as you wish."
Genesis 19:31
One day the older daughter said to the younger, "Everywhere on the earth, men and women marry and have a family. But our father is old, and there are no men around here to give us children.
Genesis 19:38
The younger daughter also gave birth to a son. She named him Ben-Ammi. Ben-Ammi is the ancestor of all the Ammonites living today.
Genesis 42:37
But Reuben said to his father, "Father, you may kill my two sons if I don't bring Benjamin back to you. Trust me. I will bring him back to you."
Exodus 32:22
Aaron answered, "Don't be angry, sir. You know that these people are always ready to do wrong.
Judges 9:15
"But the thornbush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to make me king over you, come and find shelter in my shade. But if you don't want to do this, let fire come out of the thornbush. Let the fire burn even the cedar trees of Lebanon.'
Judges 19:24
Look, here is my daughter. She has never had sex before. I will bring her out to you now. This man also has a slave woman. You can use them any way you want, but don't do such a terrible sin against this man."
Isaiah 58:7
I want you to share your food with the hungry. I want you to find the poor who don't have homes and bring them into your own homes. When you see people who have no clothes, give them your clothes! Don't hide from your relatives when they need help."
Mark 9:6
Peter did not know what to say, because he and the other two followers were so afraid.
Romans 3:8
It would be the same to say, "We should do evil so that good will come." Many people criticize us, saying that's what we teach. They are wrong, and they should be condemned for saying that.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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;

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.


 
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