Numbers 19
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
2This 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:
3And 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:
4And 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:
5And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
6And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
7Then 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.
8And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
9And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
10And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.
11He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
12He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
13Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
14This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
15And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
16And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
17And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:
18And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
19And 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.
20But 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.
21And 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.
22And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵתʼêthH85313× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- טָמֵאṭâmêʼH293012× in this chapter
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
- עַלʻalH592112× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- אֵלʼêlH41311× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- מַיִםmayimH432511× in this chapter
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- יוֹםyôwmH311710× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH83410× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- כֹּלkôlH36058× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- לֹאlôʼH38087× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- נָגַעnâgaʻH50607× in this chapter
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)
- אוֹʼôwH1766× in this chapter
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
- הוּאhûwʼH19316× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- טָמֵאṭâmêʼH29316× in this chapter
foul in a religious sense
- מוּתmûwthH41916× in this chapter
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53156× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- עֶרֶבʻerebH61536× in this chapter
dusk
- אֹהֶלʼôhelH1685× in this chapter
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
- הָיָהhâyâhH19615× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- חָטָאchâṭâʼH23985× in this chapter
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
- כָּבַסkâbaçH35265× in this chapter
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
- כֹּהֵןkôhênH35485× in this chapter
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
- לָקַחlâqachH39475× in this chapter
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- נִדָּהniddâhH50795× in this chapter
properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal (menstruation) or moral (idolatry, incest)
- עַדʻadH57045× in this chapter
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- פָּרָהpârâhH65105× in this chapter
a heifer
- בֶּגֶדbegedH8995× in this chapter
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
- אָדָםʼâdâmH1204× in this chapter
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- טָהוֹרṭâhôwrH28894× in this chapter
pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30684× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34784× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- נָזָהnâzâhH51374× in this chapter
to spirt, i.e. besprinkle (especially in expiation)
- שְׁבִיעִיshᵉbîyʻîyH76374× in this chapter
seventh
- שֶׁבַעshebaʻH76514× in this chapter
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
- בֵּןbênH11213× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- בָּשָׂרbâsârH13203× in this chapter
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
- דָּםdâmH18183× in this chapter
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
- חֻקָּהchuqqâhH27083× in this chapter
{an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)}
- טָהֵרṭâhêrH28913× in this chapter
to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)
- כִּיkîyH35883× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- כְּלִיkᵉlîyH36273× in this chapter
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)