Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version This is a lasting ordinance for them. “The man who sprinkles the water of cleansing must also wash his clothes, and anyone who touches the water of cleansing will be unclean till evening. New Living Translation This is a permanent law for the people. Those who sprinkle the water of purification must afterward wash their clothes, and anyone who then touches the water used for purification will remain defiled until evening. English Standard Version And it shall be a statute forever for them. The one who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and the one who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening. Berean Standard Bible This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening. King James Bible And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even. New King James Version It shall be a perpetual statute for them. He who sprinkles the water of purification shall wash his clothes; and he who touches the water of purification shall be unclean until evening. New American Standard Bible So it shall be a permanent statute for them. And the one who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and the one who touches the water for impurity will be unclean until evening. NASB 1995 ‘So it shall be a perpetual statute for them. And he who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening. NASB 1977 ‘So it shall be a perpetual statute for them. And he who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening. Legacy Standard Bible So it shall be a perpetual statute for them. And he who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening. Amplified Bible So it shall be a perpetual statute to them. He who sprinkles the water for impurity [on another] shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening. Christian Standard Bible This is a permanent statute for them. The person who sprinkles the water for impurity is to wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water for impurity will be unclean until evening. Holman Christian Standard Bible This is a permanent statute for them. The person who sprinkles the water for impurity is to wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water for impurity will be unclean until evening. American Standard Version And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them: and he that sprinkleth the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he that toucheth the water for impurity shall be unclean until even. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And it will be the law for you to eternity and he who sprinkles the water of sprinkling washes his garments and whoever touches the water of sprinkling shall be defiled until evening. Brenton Septuagint Translation And it shall be to you a perpetual statute; and he that sprinkles the water of sprinkling shall wash his garments; and he that touches the water of sprinkling shall be unclean until evening. Contemporary English Version These laws will never change. The man who sprinkled the water and the ashes on you when you were unclean must also wash his clothes. And whoever touches this water is unclean until evening. Douay-Rheims Bible This precept shall be an ordinance for ever. He also that sprinkled the water, shall wash his garments. Every one that shall touch the waters of expiation, shall be unclean until the evening. English Revised Version And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them: and he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even. GOD'S WORD® Translation This will be a permanent law for them. "Whoever sprinkles the water to take away uncleanness must wash his clothes. And whoever touches this water will be unclean until evening. Good News Translation You are to observe this rule for all time to come. The person who sprinkles the water for purification must also wash his clothes; anyone who touches the water remains ritually unclean until evening. International Standard Version as a continuing reminder to them. Whoever sprinkles the water of impurity is to wash his clothes, and whoever comes in contact with the water of impurity is to remain unclean until evening. JPS Tanakh 1917 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them; and he that sprinkleth the water of sprinkling shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of sprinkling shall be unclean until even. Literal Standard Version And it has been for a continuous statute to them, that he who is sprinkling the water of separation washes his garments, and he who is coming against the water of separation is unclean until the evening, Majority Standard Bible This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening. New American Bible This will be a permanent statute for you. Those who sprinkle the purification water will wash their garments, and those who come in contact with the purification water will be unclean until evening. NET Bible "'So this will be a perpetual ordinance for them: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and the one who touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening. New Revised Standard Version It shall be a perpetual statute for them. The one who sprinkles the water for cleansing shall wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water for cleansing shall be unclean until evening. New Heart English Bible It shall be a perpetual statute to them: and he who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening. Webster's Bible Translation And it shall be a perpetual statute to them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until the evening. World English Bible It shall be a perpetual statute to them. He who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening. Young's Literal Translation 'And it hath been to them for a statute age-during, that he who is sprinkling the water of separation doth wash his garments, and he who is coming against the water of separation is unclean till the evening, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Purification of the Unclean…20But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean. 21This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening. 22Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.”… Cross References Exodus 27:21 In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come. Numbers 19:7 Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. Treasury of Scripture And it shall be a perpetual statute to them, that he that sprinkles the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that touches the water of separation shall be unclean until even. Leviticus 11:25,40 And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even… Leviticus 16:26-28 And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp… Hebrews 7:19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. Jump to Previous Age-During Cleansing Clothes Clothing Evening Everlasting Impurity Lasting Ordinance Puts Separation Sprinkles Sprinkleth Sprinkling Statute Touches Toucheth Touching Unclean Wash Washed WaterJump to Next Age-During Cleansing Clothes Clothing Evening Everlasting Impurity Lasting Ordinance Puts Separation Sprinkles Sprinkleth Sprinkling Statute Touches Toucheth Touching Unclean Wash Washed WaterNumbers 19 1. The water of separation made of the ashes of a red heifer11. The law for the use of it in purification of the unclean Verse 21. - It shall be a perpetual statute. This formula usually emphasizes something of solemn importance. In this case, as apparently above in verse 10, the regulations thus enforced might seem of trifling moment. But the whole design of this ordinance, down to its minutest detail, was to stamp upon physical death a far-reaching power of defiling and separating from God, which extended even to the very means Divinely appointed as a remedy. The Jew, whose religious feelings were modeled upon this law, must have felt himself entangled in the meshes of a net so widely cast about him that he could hardly quite escape it by extreme caution and multiplied observances; he might indeed exclaim, unless habit hardened him to it, "Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?"
Hebrew Thisוְהָיְתָ֥ה (wə·hā·yə·ṯāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be is a permanent עוֹלָ֑ם (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always statute for [the people]: לְחֻקַּ֣ת (lə·ḥuq·qaṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute The one who sprinkles וּמַזֵּ֤ה (ū·maz·zêh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct Strong's 5137: To spurt, spatter, sprinkle the water מֵֽי־ (mê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen of [purification] הַנִּדָּה֙ (han·nid·dāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5079: Rejection, impurity, personal, moral must wash יְכַבֵּ֣ס (yə·ḵab·bês) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3526: To trample, to wash his clothes, בְּגָדָ֔יו (bə·ḡā·ḏāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage and whoever touches וְהַנֹּגֵ֙עַ֙ (wə·han·nō·ḡê·a‘) Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike the water בְּמֵ֣י (bə·mê) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen of [purification] הַנִּדָּ֔ה (han·nid·dāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5079: Rejection, impurity, personal, moral will be unclean יִטְמָ֖א (yiṭ·mā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2930: To be or become unclean until עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while evening. הָעָֽרֶב׃ (hā·‘ā·reḇ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6153: Evening Links Numbers 19:21 NIVNumbers 19:21 NLT Numbers 19:21 ESV Numbers 19:21 NASB Numbers 19:21 KJV Numbers 19:21 BibleApps.com Numbers 19:21 Biblia Paralela Numbers 19:21 Chinese Bible Numbers 19:21 French Bible Numbers 19:21 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 19:21 It shall be a perpetual statute (Nu Num.) |
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