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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Num 5:17 — And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put [it] into the water:
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holy water
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That is, water from the laver; called holy, because separated from common to sacred uses. This is the most ancient account of the trial by ordeal, which obtained so generally among various nations; and it was calculated to fortify the minds of the Israelitish women in the hour of temptation, and to render them watchful against all occasions of exciting suspicion in the breasts of their husbands. Num 19:2-9; Exd 30:18 |
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of the dust
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Job 2:12; Jer 17:13; Lam 3:29; Jhn 8:6,8 |
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Num 19:2 |
This [is] the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein [is] no blemish, [and] upon which never came yoke: |
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Num 19:3 |
And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and [one] shall slay her before his face: |
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Num 19:4 |
And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times: |
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Num 19:5 |
And [one] shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: |
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Num 19:6 |
And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast [it] into the midst of the burning of the heifer. |
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Exd 30:18 |
Thou shalt also make a laver [of] brass, and his foot [also of] brass, to wash [withal]: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. |
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Job 2:12 |
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. |
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Jer 17:13 |
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, [and] they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters. |
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Lam 3:29 |
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. |
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Jhn 8:6 |
This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with [his] finger wrote on the ground, [as though he heard them not]. |
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Jhn 8:8 |
And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Numbers 5:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Num/5/17.html>.
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