Numbers 5:17

holy. separated: taken from the laver. See note on Exodus 3:5.

tabernacle. Hebrew. mishkan. App-40.

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¹⁷ And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Numbers 5:17