Numbers 19:21
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This precept shall be an ordinance for ever. He also that sprinkled the water, shall wash his garments. Every one that shall touch the waters of expiation, shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 11:25,40 And if it be necessary that he carry any of these things when they are dead: he shall wash his clothes, and shall be unclean until the sun set. . . .

Leviticus 16:26-28 But he that hath let go the emissary goat, shall wash his clothes, and his body with water, and so shall enter into the camp. . . .

Hebrews 7:19 For the law brought nothing to perfection: but a bringing in of a better hope, by which we draw nigh to God.

Hebrews 9:10,13,14 And divers washings and justices of the flesh laid on them until the time of correction. . . .

Hebrews 10:4 For it is impossible that with the blood of oxen and goats sin should be taken away.

Context
Purification of the Unclean
20If any man be not expiated after this rite, his soul shall perish out of the midst of the church: because he hath profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, and was not sprinkled with the water of purification. 21This precept shall be an ordinance for ever. He also that sprinkled the water, shall wash his garments. Every one that shall touch the waters of expiation, shall be unclean until the evening.22Whatsoever a person toucheth who is unclean, he shall make it unclean: and the person that toucheth any of these things, shall be unclean until the evening.…
Cross References
Exodus 27:21
In the tabernacle of the testimony, without the veil that hangs before the testimony. And Aaron and his sons shall order it, that it may give light before the Lord until the morning. It shall be a perpetual observance throughout their successions among the children of Israel.

Numbers 19:7
And then after washing his garments, and body, he shall enter into the camp, and shall be unclean until the evening.

Lexicon
This
וְהָיְתָ֥ה (wə·hā·yə·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

is a permanent
עוֹלָ֑ם (‘ō·w·lām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always

statute for [the people]:
לְחֻקַּ֣ת (lə·ḥuq·qaṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute

The one who sprinkles
וּמַזֵּ֤ה (ū·maz·zêh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5137: To spurt, spatter, sprinkle

the water
מֵֽי־ (mê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

of [purification]
הַנִּדָּה֙ (han·nid·dāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5079: Rejection, impurity, personal, moral

must wash
יְכַבֵּ֣ס (yə·ḵab·bês)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3526: To trample, to wash

his clothes,
בְּגָדָ֔יו (bə·ḡā·ḏāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage

and whoever touches
וְהַנֹּגֵ֙עַ֙ (wə·han·nō·ḡê·a‘)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

the water
בְּמֵ֣י (bə·mê)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

of [purification]
הַנִּדָּ֔ה (han·nid·dāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5079: Rejection, impurity, personal, moral

will be unclean
יִטְמָ֖א (yiṭ·mā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2930: To be or become unclean

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

evening.
הָעָֽרֶב׃ (hā·‘ā·reḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6153: Evening


Additional Translations
This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.And it shall be a perpetual statute to them, that he that sprinkles the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that touches the water of separation shall be unclean until even.

And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them: and he that sprinkleth the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he that toucheth the water for impurity shall be unclean until even.

And it shall be to you a perpetual statute; and he that sprinkles the water of sprinkling shall wash his garments; and he that touches the water of sprinkling shall be unclean until evening.

And it shall be an everlasting statute unto them. And he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his garments, and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.

And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them: and he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.

And it shall be a perpetual statute to them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until the evening.

It shall be a perpetual statute to them: and he who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening.

'And it hath been to them for a statute age-during, that he who is sprinkling the water of separation doth wash his garments, and he who is coming against the water of separation is unclean till the evening,
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