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He who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be to the children of Israel, and to the stranger who sojourns among them, for a statute forever.
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The Paradox of Purification
Commentators point out a paradox: the person gathering the ashes, the very remedy for defilement, becomes unclean. Albert Barnes explains this is because the defilement of the people was symbolically transferred to the heifer, and its ashes now carry that concentrated impurity. This powerfully illustrates the seriousness of sin and how the one who bears it is affected, foreshadowing Christ who became sin for us.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The one who gathered the ashes became equally unclean with the others. For the defilement of the people, previously transferred to the heifer, was …
19th Century
Anglican
And it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger ... — So the promise of the remission of sins through …
Baptist
That was the remedy ordained by the Lord for purifying the defiled; now notice what made this remedy so necessary.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes Whom the Targum …
The heifer was to be entirely burned. This typified the painful sufferings of our Lord Jesus, both in soul and body, as a sacrifice made by fire to…
