Matthew Poole and continuators on Numbers 8:7

7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh , and let them wash their cloths, and so make themselves clean.

Heb. Of sin, (i e.) for the expiation of sin. This water was mixed with the ashes of a red hei[illegible: 1+ letters]er, Numb. 19. 9. which therefore may seem to have been prescribed before, though it be mentioned after, such kind of transplacings of passages being frequent in Scripture.

Which external rite signified the cutting off their inordinate concupiscences of earthly things, and that singular purity of heart and life which is required in the Ministers of God. See Isa. 52. 11. 2 Tim. 2. 21.

Marginal references: Heb. of sin. chap. 19. 9.; Heb. let them cause a rasor to pass over, &c.