New American Standard Bible 1995

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'The one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; and it shall be a perpetual statute to the sons of Israel and to the alien who sojourns among them.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
The one who gathers to gather, remove Verb H622 הָאֹסֵ֨ף ha·'o·sef
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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the ashes ashes Noun H665 אֵ֤פֶר e·fer
of the heifer young bull, steer H6499    
shall wash to wash Verb H3526 וְ֠כִבֶּס ve·chib·bes
his clothes a garment, covering Noun H899 בְּגָדָ֔יו be·ga·dav,
and be unclean to be or become unclean Verb H2930 וְטָמֵ֖א ve·ta·me
until as far as, even to, up to, until, while Prepostion H5704 עַד־ ad-
evening; evening Noun H6153 הָעָ֑רֶב ha·'a·rev;
and it shall be a perpetual long duration, antiquity, futurity Noun H5769 עֹולָֽם׃ o·v·lam.
statute something prescribed, an enactment, statute Noun H2708 לְחֻקַּ֥ת le·chuk·kat
to the sons son Noun H1121 לִבְנֵ֣י liv·nei
of Israel "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc. Noun H3478 יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל yis·ra·'el
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and to the alien a sojourner Noun H1616 וְלַגֵּ֛ר ve·lag·ger
who sojourns to sojourn Verb H1481 הַגָּ֥ר hag·gar
among midst Noun H8432 בְּתֹוכָ֖ם be·to·v·cham
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Locations

Israel

ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF" I. THE FIRST PERIOD1. The Two Kingdoms2. The Ist Dynasty3. The IInd Dynasty4. Civil WarII. PERIOD OF THE SYRIAN WARS1. The IIIrd Dynasty2. World-Politics3. Battle of Karkar4. Loss of Territory5. Reform of Religion6. Revolution7. The IVth Dynasty8. Renewed Prosperity9. AnarchyIII. DECLINE AND FALL1. Loss of Independence2. Decline3. Extinct... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 'The one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; and it shall be a perpetual statute to the sons of Israel and to the alien who sojourns among them.
King James Bible 'The one who gathers And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes clothes, and be unclean until evening; the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a perpetual statute to the sons of Israel and to the alien who sojourns among them.for ever.
Hebrew Greek English 'The one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; and it shall be a perpetual statute to the sons of Israel and to the alien who sojourns among them.