Numbers 19:17
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:
Numbers 19:17 in other translations
| BSB | For the purification of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them. |
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| WEB | “For the unclean, they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin offering; and running water shall be poured on them in a vessel. |
| ASV | And for the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin-offering; and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: |
| YLT | and they have taken for the unclean person of the ashes of the burning of the cleansing, and he hath put upon it running water unto a vessel; |
| DARBY | And they shall take for the unclean of the ashes of the purification-offering that hath been burned, and shall put running water thereon in a vessel; |
| BBE | And for the unclean, they are to take the dust of the burning of the sin-offering, and put flowing water on it in a vessel: |
| Webster | 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 to it in a vessel: |
What does Numbers 19:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 19:11-22
11-22. 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…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 19:11-22
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…
Numbers 19:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 19:17
- Numbers 19:9
And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without 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.
- John 7:38
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
- Genesis 26:19
And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
- Song of Solomon 4:15
A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
- John 4:10-11
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
- Revelation 7:17
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
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Context
- Numbers 19:16
And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
- Numbers 19:17
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:
- Numbers 19:18
And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
Numbers 19:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y para el inmundo tomarán de la ceniza de la quemada vaca de la expiación, y echarán sobre ella agua viva en un vaso: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et on prendra, pour l’homme impur, de la poudre de ce qui a été brûlé pour la purification, et on mettra dessus de l’eau vive dans un vase. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und man soll für den Unreinen von dem Staube des zur Entsündigung Verbrannten nehmen und lebendiges Wasser darauf tun in ein Gefäß; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Tollentque de cineribus combustionis atque peccati, et mittent aquas vivas super eos in vas: |