Numbers 19:18

And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, 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, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
clean	טָהוֹר֒ ta.hOr	H2889	pure (in a physical · adjective, masculine singular absolute
person	אִ֣ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
take	וְלָקַ֨ח ve.la.Kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
hyssop	אֵז֜וֹב 'e.Zov	H231	hyssop · noun, common masculine singular absolute
dip	וְטָבַ֣ל ve.ta.Val	H2881	to dip · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
water	בַּמַּיִם֮ ba.ma.Yim	H4325	water · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
sprinkle	וְהִזָּ֤ה ve.hi.Zah	H5137	to spirt · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
tent	הָאֹ֙הֶל֙ ha.'O.hel	H168	a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
vessels	הַכֵּלִ֔ים ha.ke.Lim	H3627	something prepared · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
persons	הַנְּפָשׁ֖וֹת ha.ne.fa.Shot	H5315	properly · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
touched	הַנֹּגֵ֗עַ ha.no.Ge.a'	H5060	properly · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
bone	בַּעֶ֙צֶם֙ ba.'E.tzem	H6106	a bone (as strong) · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
slain	בֶֽחָלָ֔ל ve.cha.Lal	H2491	pierced (especially to death) · preposition with the article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
dead	בַמֵּ֖ת va.Met	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · preposition with the article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
grave	בַקָּֽבֶר va.Ka.ver	H6913	a sepulchre · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Ezekiel 36:25-27 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Hebrews 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead…
Numbers 19:9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for…
Psalms 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
John 15:2-3 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more f…
John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
1 Corinthians 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
John 17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 19:11–end

Directions are here given concerning the use and application of the ashes which were prepared for purification. they were laid up to be laid out; and therefore, though now one place would serve to keep them in, while all Israel lay so closely encamped, yet it is probable that afterwards, when they came to Canaan, some of these ashes were kept in every town, for there would be daily use for them. Observe, I. In what cases there needed a purification with these ashes. No other is mentioned here than the ceremonial uncleanness that was contracted by the touch of a dead body, or of the bone or grave of a dead man, or being in the tent or house where a dead body lay, Num 19:11, Num 19:14-16. This…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 19:14

when a man dieth in a tent, &c.--The instances adduced appear very minute and trivial; but important ends, both of a religious and of a sanitary nature, were promoted by carrying the idea of pollution from contact with dead bodies to so great an extent. While it would effectually prevent that Egyptianized race of Israelites imitating the superstitious custom of the Egyptians, who kept in their houses the mummied remains of their ancestors, it ensured a speedy interment to all, thus not only keeping burial places at a distance, but removing from the habitations of the living the corpses of persons who died from infectious disorders, and from the open field the unburied remains of strangers an…

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John Gill on Numbers 19:18

And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water,.... Three stalks of hyssop bound together, as the Targum of Jonathan, and this man was to be a clean priest, according to the same; but it does not seem necessary that he should be a priest, but that anyone free from ceremonial pollution might do it: and sprinkle it upon the tent; where there was a dead body: but this, we are told, is to be understood not of a tent made of wood, or stone, or clay, but made of anything woven, as linen: or of skins (u): and upon all the vessels; in such a tent, that is, open ones, as before observed: and upon the persons that were there: when the man died in it, or came into it since, and while…

Dictionary and topics

Ashes — The ashes of a red heifer burned entire (Num. 19:5) when sprinkled on the unclean made them ceremonially clean (Heb. 9:13). To cover the head with ashes was a token of self-abhorrence and humiliation…
Bath, Bathing — This was a prescribed part of the Jewish ritual of purification in cases of accident, or of leprous or ordinary uncleanness, (Leviticus 15; 16:28; 22:6; Numbers 19:7; 19; 2 Samuel 11:2,4; 2 Kings…
Clean — The various forms of uncleanness according to the Mosaic law are enumerated in Lev. 11-15; Num. 19. The division of animals into clean and unclean was probably founded on the practice of sacrifice.…
Hyssop — (Heb. ‘ezob; LXX. hyssopos), first mentioned in Ex. 12:22 in connection with the institution of the Passover. We find it afterwards mentioned in Lev. 14:4, 6, 52; Num. 19:6, 18; Heb. 9:19. It is…
Uncleanness — The distinctive idea attached to ceremonial uncleanness among the Hebrews was that it cut a person off for the time from social privileges, and left his citizenship among God’s people for the while…
Water of separation — Used along with the ashes of a red heifer for the ceremonial cleansing of persons defiled by contact with a dead body (Num. 19).
Burial · Places of: Were ceremonially unclean — Places of: Were ceremonially unclean
Dead, The · Uncleanness contracted from, removed by the water separation — Uncleanness contracted from, removed by the water separation
Defilement · .Touching the — .Touching the
Purification · Water of — Water of
Purifications · Was by: Sprinkling — Was by: Sprinkling

Numbers 19:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 19:11–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 19:14

John Gill on Numbers 19:18

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 19:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 19:11–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 19:14

John Gill on Numbers 19:18

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Numbers 19:13-21

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 19:10–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 19:17-22

Rashi on Numbers 19:16