11But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.
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That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, …
But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. …
And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-14)Israel was now encamped, and this vast army was just entering upon action, which was likely to keep them together for a long time, and therefore it was fit to give them particular directions for the good ordering of their camp. And the charge is in one word to be clean . They must take care to keep their camp pure from moral, ceremonial, and natural pollution. I. From moral pollution (Deut. 23:9):…
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