The Meaning of Numbers 19:12 Explained

Numbers 19:12

KJV: 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.

YLT: he doth cleanse himself for it on the third day, and on the seventh day he is clean; and if he cleanse not himself on the third day, then on the seventh day he is not clean.

Darby: 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.

ASV: the same shall purify himself therewith 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.

Discover Numbers 19:12

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Numbers 19:12?

MEANING: What does Numbers 19:12 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Numbers 19:12 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Numbers 19:12?

What is the context of Numbers 19:12?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does Numbers 19:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 19:1-22 - Purification For Uncleanness

We might have expected this chapter to occur in Leviticus. Is it not incongruous in this narrative of the pilgrimage? Nay; this is the most appropriate place, since in the desert march we are more exposed to the touch of defilement, such as needs daily cleansing, lest we be shut out from fellowship with God.

The ashes of an heifer are emblematic of the work of our Lord. See Hebrews 9:13. No blemish; never a yoke; "slain without the camp," counted an unclean thing! It was easy for the Jew to contract ceremonial defilement. To walk over a grave was enough. But the ashes of the heifer mingled with spring-or running-water restored the polluted soul to the family and the Tabernacle. So as we confess our sins, we are sprinkled from an evil conscience, we are restored to unity with God and His people, and we walk in newness of life.

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Chapter Summary: Numbers 19

¹ The water of separation made of the ashes of a red heifer
¹¹ The law for the use of it in purification of the unclean

What do the individual words in Numbers 19:12 mean?

He shall purify himself with the water on the day third and on the day seventh [then] he will be clean but if not he does purify himself he will be clean

ה֣וּא יִתְחַטָּא־ ב֞וֹ בַּיּ֧וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֛י וּבַיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י יִטְהָ֑ר וְאִם־ לֹ֨א יִתְחַטָּ֜א יִטְהָֽר

יִתְחַטָּא־	shall purify himself
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: חָטָא Sense: to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness.
ב֞וֹ	with the water
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
בַּיּ֧וֹם	on the day
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֛י	third
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular Root: שְׁלִישִׁי Sense: third, one third, third part, third time.
וּבַיּ֥וֹם	and on the day
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י	seventh
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular Root: שְׁבִיעִי Sense: seventh.
יִטְהָ֑ר	[then] he will be clean
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: טָהֵר Sense: to be clean, be pure.
וְאִם־	but if
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction Root: אִם Sense: if.
יִתְחַטָּ֜א	he does purify himself
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: חָטָא Sense: to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness.
יִטְהָֽר	he will be clean
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: טָהֵר Sense: to be clean, be pure.

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