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Ashes The ashes of a red heifer burned entire (Num 19:5) when sprinkled on the unclean made them ceremonially clean (Heb 9:13). To cover the head with ashes was a token of self-abhorrence and humiliation (2Sam...

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Ashes The ashes of a red heifer burned entire (Num 19:5) when sprinkled on the unclean made them ceremonially clean (Heb 9:13).

To cover the head with ashes was a token of self-abhorrence and humiliation (2Sam 13:19; Esther 4:3; Jer 6:26, etc.).

To feed on ashes (Isa 44:20), means to See k that which will prove to be vain and unsatisfactory, and hence it denotes the unsatisfactory nature of idol-worship. (Comp. Hos 12:1).

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