And thus shalt thou do unto them to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, probably water mingled with the ashes of the sin-offering, Leviticus 3:12, the act being symbolical of the washing from sins and impurities of every kind, and let them shave all their flesh, pass over their entire body with a razor, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean, the rite thus being neither so solemn nor so comprehensive as in the case of the priests.

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