Isaac’s servants also dug a well near the little river. A spring of water flowed from that well.
Numbers 19:17 - Easy To Read Version “So you must use the ashes from the burnt cow to make that person clean [259] again. Pour fresh water [260] over the ashes into a jar. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And for the unclean, they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin offering, and the running water shall be put with it in a vessel. American Standard Version (1901) And for the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin-offering; and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: Common English Bible For the unclean person, they will take some of the ashes of the purification offering and place fresh water with it in a jar. Catholic Public Domain Version And they shall take some of the ashes from the burning and the sin offering, and they shall pour living waters over them into a vessel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they shall take of the ashes of the burning and of the sin-offering: and shall pour living waters upon them into a vessel. |
Isaac’s servants also dug a well near the little river. A spring of water flowed from that well.
Then I will sprinkle pure water on you and make you pure. I will wash away all your filth. I will wash away the filth from those nasty idols and make you pure.”
But at that time, a new spring of water will be opened for David’s family and for the other people living in Jerusalem. That fountain will be to wash away their sins and to make the people pure.
A clean person must take a hyssop [261] branch and dip it into the water. Then he must sprinkle it over the tent, the dishes, and the people who were in the tent. You must do this to anyone that touches a dead person’s body. You must do this to anyone that touches the body of someone killed in war and to anyone that touches a grave or the bones from a dead person.
“Then a person who is clean [254] will collect the ashes from the cow. He will put those ashes in a clean place outside the camp. These ashes will be used when people must keep a special ceremony to become clean. These ashes will also be used to remove a person’s sins.
If a person believes in me, rivers of living water will flow out from his heart. That is what the Scriptures {\cf2\super [114]} say.”
The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a cow were sprinkled on those people who were no longer pure \{enough to enter that place of worship\}. That blood and those ashes made those people pure again—but only their bodies.
The Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd. He will lead them to springs of water that give life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”