Numbers 19:7-8

19:7 Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and afterward he may come into the camp, but the priest will be ceremonially unclean until evening. 19:8 The one who burns it must wash his clothes in water and bathe himself in water. He will be ceremonially unclean until evening.

Numbers 19:10

19:10 The one who gathers the ashes of the heifer must wash his clothes and be ceremonially unclean until evening. This will be a permanent ordinance both for the Israelites and the resident foreigner who lives among them.


tn The sequence continues with the perfect tense and vav (ו) consecutive.

tn Heb “his flesh.”

tn This is the imperfect of permission.

sn Here the text makes clear that he had at least one assistant.