Numbers 19:21

And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.

And it shall be a perpetual {H5769} statute {H2708} unto them, that he that sprinkleth {H5137} the water {H4325} of separation {H5079} shall wash {H3526} his clothes {H899}; and he that toucheth {H5060} the water {H4325} of separation {H5079} shall be unclean {H2930} until even {H6153}.

This is to be a permanent regulation for them. The person who sprinkles the water for purification is to wash his clothes. Whoever touches the water for purification will be unclean until evening.

This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.

And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them: and he that sprinkleth the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he that toucheth the water for impurity shall be unclean until even.

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Cross-References

  • Hebrews 9:13 (18 votes)

    For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

  • Hebrews 9:14 (18 votes)

    How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

  • Hebrews 10:4 (17 votes)

    For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

  • Leviticus 11:25 (2 votes)

    And whosoever beareth [ought] of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

  • Hebrews 7:19 (2 votes)

    For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope [did]; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

  • Leviticus 16:26 (2 votes)

    And 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.

  • Leviticus 16:28 (2 votes)

    And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.