Numbers 19:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.

He shall purify

Revelation 7:14

Third day

1 Corinthians 15:3

General references

Leviticus 7:19

Ezekiel 44:26

Bible References

He shall purify

"'For a ceremonially unclean person you must take some of the ashes of the heifer burnt for purification from sin and pour fresh running water over them in a vessel.

Sprinkle me with water and I will be pure; wash me and I will be whiter than snow.

I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.

and he made no distinction between them and us, cleansing their hearts by faith.

So I said to him, "My lord, you know the answer." Then he said to me, "These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!

Third day

"Any of you who has killed anyone or touched any of the dead, remain outside the camp for seven days; purify yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

and be ready for the third day, for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

but the leftovers from the meat of the sacrifice must be burned up in the fire on the third day.

He will restore us in a very short time; he will heal us in a little while, so that we may live in his presence.

For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received -- that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,

General references

The meat which touches anything ceremonially unclean must not be eaten; it must be burned up in the fire. As for ceremonially clean meat, everyone who is ceremonially clean may eat the meat.

After a priest has become ceremonially clean, they must count off a period of seven days for him.