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Numbers 19:12 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Numbers 19:12 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Numbers chapter 19 verse 12 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“He shall purify himself with it 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.”
Numbers 19:12 (KJV)
Commentary on Numbers 19:12
He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean—The purification ritual required sprinkling with water mixed with ashes of the red heifer (described in vv. 1-10) on both the third and seventh days. The verb "purify" (chata, חָטָא) is the same word meaning "to sin" but in its Piel form means "to purify from sin" or "to de-sin." This demonstrates that ritual defilement symbolized sin's contaminating power.The specific timing—third and seventh days—points to completeness (seven) and resurrection symbolism (third day). Hebrews 9:13-14 explicitly connects ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Numbers 19:12
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“and whoever has touched any slain”
“Be ready by the third day. Don't have sexual relations with a woman.”
“and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness”
“and we will live before him.”
“And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin”
“And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.”
“My lord, you know. He said to me”
“cleansing their hearts by faith.”
“But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.”