For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
Ver. 13. The ashes of a heifer] Gr. Ashes and cinders mixt together, as a monument of Christ's most base and utmost afflictions, and of our justification and sanctification through faith in his name. σποδος. Sordidus cinis, et cum carbones extincti permisti sunt.
Sprinkling the unclean] With a hyssop bunch, to note that none can have comfort either by the merit or Spirit of Christ, without true mortification.