Numbers 19:7

Numbers 19:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.
• New International Version (NIV)After that, the priest must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water. He may then come into the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean till evening.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp. But the priest shall be unclean until evening.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the priest shall wash his clothes, he shall bathe in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp; the priest shall be unclean until evening.

Context of Numbers 19:7

5And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: 6And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the evening. 8And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the evening. 9And a man that is clean shall gather the ashes of the heifer, and lay them outside the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.

Numbers 19:7 word by word

וְכִבֶּ֨ס בְּגָדָ֜יו הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְרָחַ֤ץ בְּשָׂרוֹ֙ בַּמַּ֔יִם וְאַחַ֖ר יָב֣וֹא אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וְטָמֵ֥א הַכֹּהֵ֖ן עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear

• priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• washכָּבַסkâbas · to washH3526
• clothesבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• batheרָחַץrâchats · to wash: washH7364
• fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• afterwardאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• uncleanטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• eveningעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153

Cross-references for Numbers 19:7

• Numbers 19:8And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the evening.
• Leviticus 11:25And whoever beareth any of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
• Leviticus 14:8And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.
• Leviticus 15:5And whoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
• Leviticus 16:26And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.

Commentaries on Numbers 19:7

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-10It required three people to produce and collect the heifer’s ashes. These were Eleazar, the person who burned the animal, and the person who gathered its ashes. All three became ceremonially impure for a day because of this process. The same was true for the person who used the finished product. This was a potion made from the ash dust and water (compare 19:21). This potion had the same defiling effect as blood associated with sacrifices (Leviticus…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. the priest shall be unclean until the even--The ceremonies prescribed show the imperfection of the Levitical priesthood, while they typify the condition of Christ when expiating our sins (2Co 5:21).Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 19:7

• Ablution
• Defilement
• Purification
• Water

In the dictionaries

• Clean
• Covering
• Defile
• Exodus
• Heifer
• Unclean
• Water of separation
• Ablution
• Agrapha
• Atonement, Day of

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