Numbers 19:17

Numbers 19:17 in other versions

• King James Version (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:
• New International Version (NIV)“For the unclean person, put some ashes from the burned purification offering into a jar and pour fresh water over them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the unclean they shall take some ashes of the burnt sin offering, and fresh water shall be added in a vessel.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“To remove the defilement, put some of the ashes from the burnt purification offering in a jar, and pour fresh water over them.

Context of Numbers 19:17

15and every open vessel, which has no cover fastened on it, is unclean. 16Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain by a sword or who has died, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. ‘And for an unclean person they shall take some of the ashes of the heifer burnt for purification from sin, and running water shall be put on them in a vessel. 18A clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water, sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, or on the one who touched a bone, the slain, the dead, or a grave. 19The clean person shall sprinkle the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, wash his clothes, and bathe in water; and at evening he shall be clean.

Numbers 19:17 word by word

וְלָֽקְחוּ֙ לַטָּמֵ֔א מֵעֲפַ֖ר שְׂרֵפַ֣ת הַֽחַטָּ֑את וְנָתַ֥ן עָלָ֛יו מַ֥יִם חַיִּ֖ים אֶל־כֶּֽלִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And for an uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · uncleanH2931
• they shall takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• of the ashesעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• of the burnt heiferשְׂרֵפָהώerêphâh · fireH8316
• of purification for sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sin: sin offeringH2403
• and runningחַיchay · aliveH2416
• waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• shall be putנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• thereto in a vesselכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627

Cross-references for Numbers 19:17

• Numbers 19:9Then a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and store them outside the camp in a clean place; and they shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for the water of purification; it is for purifying from sin.
• Genesis 26:19Also Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found a well of running water there.
• John 4:10Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
• John 7:38He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
• Revelation 7:17for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

Commentaries on Numbers 19:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-22Verses 11-22 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 to be devoured by the wild beasts.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-22Verses 11-22 Why did the law make a corpse a defiling thing? Because death is the wages of sin, which entered into the world by it, and reigns by the power of it. The law could not conquer death, nor abolish it, as the gospel does, by bringing life and immortality to light, and so introducing a better hope. As the ashes of the heifer signified the merit of Christ, so the running water signified the power and grace of the blessed Spirit, who is compared to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-22To cleanse with the heifer's ashes, they made a special purifying mixture. They combined ashes from the burnt purification offering with fresh water (compare 5:17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-2211-22. He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean--This law is noticed here to show the uses to which the water of separation [Nu 19:9] was applied. The case of a death is one; and as in every family which sustained a bereavement the members of the household became defiled, so in an immense population, where instances of mortality and other cases of uncleanness would be daily occurring, the water of separation must have been in constant…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 19:17

• Ashes
• Defilement
• Purification
• Water

In the dictionaries

• Clean
• Covering
• Defile
• Exodus
• Unclean
• Water of separation
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Corpse
• Genealogy

Commentaries on Numbers 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings