Numbers 19:1-10
THE PREPARATION OF THE WATER... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PREPARATION OF THE WATER... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
This is the ordinance of the Law, the most important statute of instruction dealing with Levitical purification, WHICH THE LORD HATH COMMANDED, SAYING, SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL THAT THEY BRING THEE A RED HEIFER WITHOUT SPOT, of a solid color, WHEREIN IS NO BLEMISH, no disease or defect of a... [ Continue Reading ]
and ye shall give her unto Eleazar, the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, since the entire rite was connected most closely with the defilement of death and could therefore not take place in the court of the Tabernacle, AND ONE SHALL SLAY HER BEFORE HIS FACE;... [ Continue Reading ]
and Eleazar, the priest, as the presumptive successor of his father in the office of high priest, SHALL TAKE OF HER BLOOD WITH HIS FINGER, after it had been brought to the Sanctuary and kept from coagulating by constant stirring, AND SPRINKLE OF HER BLOOD DIRECTLY BEFORE THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGRE... [ Continue Reading ]
And one shall burn the heifer in his sight, Eleazar, as before, being responsible for the proper execution of everything connected with the sacrifice: HER SKIN AND HER FLESH AND HER BLOOD WITH HER DUNG SHALL HE BURN;... [ Continue Reading ]
and the priest shall take cedar-wood, which was a symbol of inexhaustible strength of life, AND HYSSOP, to which were ascribed purifying properties, AND SCARLET, which typified the intensive power of life, AND CAST IT INTO THE MIDST OF THE BURNING OF THE HEIFER, in order to make the ashes represent... [ Continue Reading ]
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, as having handled, symbolically at least, the uncleanness of death.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even, for the same reason as the priest.... [ Continue Reading ]
And a man that is clean, Levitically pure, SHALL GATHER UP THE ASHES OF THE HEIFER, for they were now a most precious treasure, AND LAY THEM UP WITHOUT THE CAMP IN A CLEAN PLACE, store them up most carefully, AND IT SHALL BE KEPT FOR THE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FOR A WATER OF SEPARATI... [ Continue Reading ]
And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even, for he also became Levitically defiled by the performance of this task; AND IT SHALL BE UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND UNTO THE STRANGER THAT SOJOURNETH AMONG THEM FOR A STATUTE FOREVER; the special... [ Continue Reading ]
THE USE OF THE WATER... [ Continue Reading ]
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. It made no difference what the age of the dead person was or what relationship existed, the one that touched the dead body was defiled.... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall purify himself with it, the water of purification, ON THE THIRD DAY, AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY HE SHALL BE CLEAN; BUT IF HE PURIFY NOT HIMSELF THE THIRD DAY, THEN THE SEVENTH DAY HE SHALL NOT BE CLEAN. Neglect in complying with the rules simply lengthened the time needed for purification.... [ Continue Reading ]
Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, of any soul, no matter of what age and sex, AND PURIFLETH NOT HIMSELF, DEFLLETH THE TABERNACLE OF THE LORD; AND THAT SOUL SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM ISRAEL; a refusal to comply with the rules resulted in death to the offender; BECAUSE THE WATER OF... [ Continue Reading ]
This is the law when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent and all that is in the tent shall be unclean seven days.... [ Continue Reading ]
And every open vessel which hath no covering bound upon it, tied firmly to it by means of a string or cord, to keep out the odor of decay, is unclean.... [ Continue Reading ]
And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, even for the purpose of burial, OR A DEAD BODY, OR A BONE OF A MAN, OR A GRAVE, SHALL BE UNCLEAN SEVEN DAYS. It was for this reason that the Jewish elders were so strict about marking the graves, especially shortly before a la... [ Continue Reading ]
And for an unclean person, one defiled in the manner just described, THEY SHALL TAKE OF THE ASHES OF THE BURNT HEIFER OF PURIFICATION FOR SIN, AND RUNNING WATER SHALL BE PUT THERETO, ADDED TO AND MIXED WITH THE ASHES, IN A VESSEL;... [ Continue Reading ]
and a clean person shall take hyssop, on account of the cleansing powers ascribed to it, AND DIP IT IN THE WATER, as thus prepared, 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, a skeleton, OR ONE SLAIN, OR ONE DEAD,... [ Continue Reading ]
and the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he, the defiled person, SHALL PURIFY HIMSELF, AND WASH HIS CLOTHES, AND BATHE HIMSELF IN WATER, AND SHALL BE CLEAN AT EVEN.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the man that shall be unclean and shall not purify himself, deliberately and willfully neglect the act of purification, THAT SOUL SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM AMONG THE CONGREGATION, as the Lord here repeats for the sake of emphasis, BECAUSE HE HATH DEFILED THE SANCTUARY OF THE LORD; THE WATER OF SEPAR... [ Continue Reading ]
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, both having come in contact with the uncleanness of death in the rite of purification.... [ Continue Reading ]
And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it, the water of purification, SHALL BE UNCLEAN UNTIL EVEN. These rites of external purification were symbols of the inner, spiritual cleansing which should be found in all true believers. "The ashes of an heifer... [ Continue Reading ]