Numbers 19:7

Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.

Cross-reference

Numbers 19:8 similarly requires the ash gatherer to wash clothes and be unclean until evening—identical purification rule.

Numbers 19:19 extends the washing requirement to the one who sprinkles the water of purification—same pattern of uncleanness.

Numbers 19:10 applies the same washing and evening uncleanness to the one gathering ashes—identical procedure for a different role.

Numbers 8:7 Parallel

Numbers 8:7 prescribes washing clothes and water purification for Levites' cleansing—a related ritual with similar outward actions.

Leviticus 15:5 Related theme

Leviticus 15:5 also requires washing clothes and bathing after contact with uncleanness, with uncleanness until evening—matching the same purification pattern.

Leviticus 16:26-28 describes identical washing and bathing after handling the scapegoat and burning sin offerings—direct parallel to the red heifer ritual.

Leviticus 22:6 requires bathing and uncleanness until evening before eating holy offerings—same cleansing principle applied to priests.

Hebrews 9:10 summarizes OT 'various washings' as external regulations—directly referencing the ritual purification exemplified here.

Leviticus 11:25 Related theme

Leviticus 11:25 prescribes washing clothes after touching an unclean carcass—similar impurity washing requirement.

Leviticus 11:40 Related theme

Leviticus 11:40 requires washing clothes after handling a carcass—same pattern of temporary uncleanness from contact.

Leviticus 14:8 Related theme

Leviticus 14:8 includes washing clothes in a leper's cleansing ritual—analogous purity step of washing and waiting.