He 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.
That person must cleanse himself with the water on the third day, and on the seventh day he will be clean. But if he doesn't cleanse himself on the third day, then he won't be clean on the seventh day either.
This verse explains that ritual cleansing must happen exactly as God commanded - on both the third and seventh days - or it won't work at all.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of God's instructions about the ritual cleansing required after someone touched a dead body, which made them ceremonially unclean. The Israelites lived in a community where maintaining ritual purity was essential for participating in worship and daily life. The specific timing of purification on the third and seventh days was part of God's detailed ceremonial law given to Moses.
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