Numbers 19 · Verse 7

Numbers 19:7

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.
Numbers 19:7, King James Version

Numbers 19:7 in other translations

BSBThen the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean until evening.
WEBThen 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.
ASVThen 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.
YLTand the priest hath washed his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and afterwards doth come in unto the camp, and the priest is unclean till the evening;
DARBYAnd the priest shall wash his garments, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterwards he shall come into the camp; and the priest shall be unclean until the even;
BBEAnd the priest, after washing his clothing and bathing his body in water, may come back to the tent-circle, and will be unclean till evening.
WebsterThen 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.

What does Numbers 19:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. 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).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 19:1-10

The heifer was to be wholly burned. This typified the painful sufferings of our Lord Jesus, both in soul and body, as a sacrifice made by fire, to satisfy God's justice for man's sin. These ashes are said to be laid up as a purification for sin, because, though they were only to purify from ceremonial uncleanness, yet they were a type of that purification for sin which our Lord Jesus made by his death. The blood of…

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Numbers 19:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְכִבֶּ֨סve.khi.Besand he will washH3526
בְּגָדָ֜יוbe.ga.Davclothes hisH899
הַכֹּהֵ֗ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
וְרָחַ֤ץve.ra.Chatzand he will washH7364
בְּשָׂרוֹ֙be.sa.Robody hisH1320
בַּמַּ֔יִםba.Ma.yimwith <the> waterH4325
וְאַחַ֖רve.'a.Charand afterH310
יָב֣וֹאya.Vo'he will comeH935
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑הha.ma.cha.Nehthe campH4264
וְטָמֵ֥אve.ta.Me'and he will be uncleanH2930
הַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
הָעָֽרֶב\׃ha.'A.revthe eveningH6153

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 19:7

  • Leviticus 11:25

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

  • Leviticus 15:5

    And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

  • Leviticus 16:26-28

    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. And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.

  • Numbers 19:19

    And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.

  • Numbers 19:8

    And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.

  • Leviticus 11:40

    And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

  • Leviticus 14:8-9

    And 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. But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

  • Leviticus 22:6

    The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
8,19; Le 11:25,40; 14:8,9; 15:5; 16:26-28

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Context

  • Numbers 19:6

    And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

  • Numbers 19:7

    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.

  • Numbers 19:8

    And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.

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Numbers 19:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El sacerdote lavará luego sus vestidos, lavará también su carne con agua, y después entrará en el real; y será inmundo el sacerdote hasta la tarde.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le sacrificateur lavera ses vêtements et lavera sa chair dans l’eau; et après, il entrera dans le camp; et le sacrificateur sera impur jusqu’au soir.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und der Priester soll seine Kleider waschen und sein Fleisch im Wasser baden, und danach soll er in das Lager gehen; und der Priester wird unrein sein bis an den Abend.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et tunc demum, lotis vestibus et corpore suo, ingredietur in castra, commaculatusque erit usque ad vesperum.