Numbers 19:12

“He shall purify himself with it on the third day and on the seventh day and become clean; but if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day he will not become clean.”

Numbers 19:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 19:12, word by word

shall purify himselfיִתְחַטָּאyitchata

purify

To cleanse from sin or uncleanness.

Where else “yitchata” appears
on the thirdשְּׁלִישִׁיshelishi

third

The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.

Where else “shelishi” appears
dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
on the seventhשְּׁבִיעִיshevii

seventh

Seventh.

Where else “shevii” appears
and become cleanיִטְהָרyithar

be clean

To be free of uncleanness under the law.

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The context

11Whoever touches the dead body of any human person shall be unclean seven days.

12 · This verse (above)

13Everyone who touches a dead person, the body of a human being who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the dwelling of YHWH, and that person shall be cut off from Israel; because the water of impurity was not splashed on him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still on him.

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