Numbers 19:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.”

Numbers 19:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Numbers 19:21 in 6 Bible Translations

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Numbers 19:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“It shall be a perpetual statute to them. He who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening.”

Numbers 19:21 — World English Bible

Numbers 19:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them: and he that sprinkleth the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he that toucheth the water for impurity shall be unclean until even. ”

Numbers 19:21 — American Standard Version

Numbers 19:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`And it hath been to them for a statute age-during, that he who is sprinkling the water of separation doth wash his garments, and he who is coming against the water of separation is unclean till the evening,”

Numbers 19:21 — Young's Literal Translation

Numbers 19:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And it shall be an everlasting statute unto them. And he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his garments, and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even. ”

Numbers 19:21 — Darby Translation

Numbers 19:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And it shalbe a perpetual lawe vnto them, that he that sprinkleth the sprinkling water, shall wash his clothes: also hee that toucheth the sprinkling water, shalbe vncleane vntill euen.”

Numbers 19:21 — Geneva Bible

Numbers 19:21 in Context — Numbers 19

19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.

20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the Lord: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.

22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.

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What Does Numbers 19:21 Mean?

Numbers 19:21 is a verse from the Book of Numbers, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Numbers chapter 19. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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