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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 19:7

Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.

Ver. 7. The priest shall wash his clothes.] To show the contagion and pollution of sin, 2Co 7:1 and imperfection of the legal priesthood.

Unclean until the evening.] So Numbers 19:8; Numbers 19:10. We had need take time till the evening, to humble our souls, and bewail our unworthiness of the blood of Christ.

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