“For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:”
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of ashes of a red heifer sanctify those who have been defiled so that their flesh is purified — the Levitical sacrifices (especially the red heifer ritual from Numbers 19) produced outward cleanness; they were effective within their limited scope. Sanctify (hagiazo) here means to make ritually fit; the purification was bodily (sarkos) but not spiritual.
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