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Num. 19:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it shall be a perpetual
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
statute
chuqqah (Hebrew #2708)
feminine of 2706, and meaning substantially the same
KJV usage: appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.
Pronounce: khook-kaw'
unto them, that he that sprinkleth
nazah (Hebrew #5137)
to spirt, i.e. besprinkle (especially in expiation)
KJV usage: sprinkle.
Pronounce: naw-zaw'
Origin: a primitive root
the water
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
of separation
niddah (Hebrew #5079)
properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal (menstruation) or moral (idolatry, incest)
KJV usage: X far, filthiness, X flowers, menstruous (woman), put apart, X removed (woman), separation, set apart, unclean(-ness, thing, with filthiness).
Pronounce: nid-daw'
Origin: from 5074
shall wash
kabac (Hebrew #3526)
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
KJV usage: fuller, wash(-ing).
Pronounce: kaw-bas'
Origin: a primitive root
his clothes
beged (Hebrew #899)
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
KJV usage: apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, X very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
Pronounce: behg'-ed
Origin: from 898
; and he that toucheth
naga` (Hebrew #5060)
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphem., to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)
KJV usage: beat, (X be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.
Pronounce: naw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
the water
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
of separation
niddah (Hebrew #5079)
properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal (menstruation) or moral (idolatry, incest)
KJV usage: X far, filthiness, X flowers, menstruous (woman), put apart, X removed (woman), separation, set apart, unclean(-ness, thing, with filthiness).
Pronounce: nid-daw'
Origin: from 5074
shall be unclean
tame' (Hebrew #2930)
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
KJV usage: defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, X utterly.
Pronounce: taw-may'
Origin: a primitive root
until even
`ereb (Hebrew #6153)
dusk
KJV usage: + day, even(-ing, tide), night.
Pronounce: eh'-reb
Origin: from 6150
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Sprinkling,
Washing,
Water of Separation

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Lev. 11:25,40• 25And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
 40And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. (Lev. 11:25,40)
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Lev. 16:26‑28• 26And 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.
 27And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung.
 28And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. (Lev. 16:26‑28)
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Heb. 7:19• 19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. (Heb. 7:19)
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Heb. 9:10,13‑14• 10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
 13For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
 14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? (Heb. 9:10,13‑14)
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Heb. 10:4• 4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. (Heb. 10:4)
• Anyone who has to do with the sin of another, though it be in the way of duty to cleanse it, is defiled; not as the guilty person, it is true, but we cannot touch sin without being defiled. (“Numbers 19” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it shall be an everlasting statute unto them. And he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his garments, and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.