Numbers 19:9

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9 "A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up outside of the camp in a clean place; and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water for impurity: it is a sin offering.


Commentary on this verse  

By Henry MacLagan

Verse 9. And by the operation of purified truth every remnant of what has served its use is removed, but yet remains in the memory, separated from the heavenly life, and is preserved as an aid to man's purification by truth, because it involves the confession on his part that of himself he is nothing but evil.