Numbers 19:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then the (c) 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. (c) Meaning, Eleazar.
Numbers 19:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Purification of the unclean through Contact with the Dead. This was effected by sprinkling the unclean person twice within seven days ( Numbers 19:12 mg. , Numbers 19:19 ) with running water...
Numbers 19:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes. At first sight there seems to be a discrepancy in the facts, that the heifer was sacred to God, and pure, and still that the priest was polluted by...
Numbers 19:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The priest shall wash his clothes— See Leviticus 24:23 ; Leviticus 24:23 . Bishop Patrick says, some may think it strange, that the same thing should both cleanse and pollute: but this is agreeab...
Numbers 19:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. The priest shall be u...
Numbers 19:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sacrifice of the red Heifer In order to provide a special means of purification for those who are defiled by contact with a dead body, a preparation called the 'water of separation' is made fr...
Numbers 19:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Then the priest... — The Targum of Jonathan refers these words to the priest who killed the heifer, and Ibn Ezra to the priest who burnt it; but the reference is more probably, as in the preceding...
Numbers 19:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

TITHES AND CLEANSINGS Numbers 18:1-32 ; Numbers 19:1-22 1. DUTIES AND SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY The statutes of chapter 18, are related to the rebellion of Korah by a clause in Numbers 18:5...
Numbers 19:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Purification for Uncleanness Numbers 19:1-22 We might have expected this chapter to occur in Leviticus. Is it not incongruous in this narrative of the pilgrimage? Nay; this is the most appropri...
Numbers 19:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

A most interesting arrangement is here described. It was a provision for the sacrifice of a red heifer. Instructions were given for the ceremonial cleansing of the people during the period of their w...
Numbers 19:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Observe how uncleanness is attached to those who, even in religions services, were obeying the divine precepts. Yes, it must be so. Everything, even our most holy things, carry with them an impurity....
Numbers 19:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then the priest shall wash his clothes ,.... The Targum of Jonathan has it, "he that slew the cow,'' and Aben Ezra, the priest that burnt it; but it seems to mean Eleazar, the priest that sprinkle...
Numbers 19:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 7. The priest shall w...
Numbers 19:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The priest shall be unclean Partly to teach us the imperfection of the Levitical priesthood, in which the priest himself was defiled by some parts of his work, and partly to show that Christ himsel...
Numbers 19:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ORDINANCE OF THE RED HEIFER (vs.1-22) This law concerning the offering of the red heifer is unusual in all of its circumstances, but it is consistent with the character of the book of Numbers, wh...
Numbers 19:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Ashes of Purification. B. C. 1471. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,...
Numbers 19:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Partly to teach us the imperfection of the Levitical priesthood, in which the priest himself was defiled by some parts of his work, and the absolute necessity of a better and holier priesthood; and p...
Numbers 19:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Eleazar To Wash His Clothes and Bathe and Return To Camp and To Be Unclean Until the Evening ( Numbers 19:7 ). Numbers 19:7 “ Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his fle...
Numbers 19:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES “Ordinances respecting purification from the uncleanness of death.” The association of death with sin ( Genesis 2:17 ) sufficiently explains the ideas on which these...
Numbers 19:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Numbers 19:1 . And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, This ordinance was not given to Moses on Mount Sinai, but in the wilderness of Paran, after the people had broken their coven...
Numbers 19:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 19:2 . A red heifer, a young and spotless cow, which in the third year had nearly come to her full growth. The whole body of this victim was burnt with holy fire from the altar. From her a...
Numbers 19:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

A red heifer without spot. The red heifer I. It is undoubtedly true that even the true Israelite, the true believer in Christ, is the subject of daily defilement. 1. Some of our defilement a...
Numbers 19:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE ASHES OF AN HEIFER SPRINKLING THE UNCLEAN ( Numbers 19:1-4 ). Numbers 19:1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron. On the addition of the second name...
Numbers 19:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Preparation of the Water
Numbers 19:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 11:25 ; Leviticus 11:40 ; Leviticus 14:8 ; Leviticus 14:9 ; Leviticus 15:5 ; Leviticus 16:26-28 ; Numbers 19:19 ; Numbers 19:8
Numbers 19:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Shall be unclean — Partly to teach us the imperfection of the Levitical priesthood, in which the priest himself was defiled by some parts of his work, and partly to shew that Christ himself, though...

Numbers 19:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 19:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 19:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 19:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 19:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 19:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 19:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 19:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 19:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 19:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 19:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 19:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 19:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 19:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 19:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 19:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 19:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 19:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 19:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 19:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 19:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Numbers 19:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 19:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 19:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 19:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 19:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 19:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes