Numbers 19:10

WEB

He who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: and it shall be to the children of Israel, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them, for a statute forever.

KJV

And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.

Commentary

And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes,.... Whom the Targum of Jonathan calls a prie st, though it does not seem necessary he should be one: and be unclean until the even; See Gill on Num 19:7 , and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever; until the Messiah came, whose sufferings and death are for the expiation of, and purification for the sins of Jews and Gentiles, of all the people of God throughout the world, signified by the burning of this heifer; see Jo1 2:2 .