Dirty

Text for discussion: Numbers 19.  

We know what it is like to come in from working outside (or playing), to be drenched in sweat and dirty, the day's work permeating our clothes.  To be dirty is to be unclean, but the uncleanness discussed in this chapter is the uncleanness of death.  Uncleanness is associated with sin, and the unclean required purification.  What was required?  

The hymn: On My Heart Imprint Your Image (public domain)

The painting: The art: The Jewish tabernacle and priesthood, 1874, by George Needham, from an old catalog.  Public domain.