“But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.”
On the seventh day they must shave off all their hair; they must shave their head, their beard, their eyebrows and the rest of their hair. They must wash their clothes and bathe themselves with water, and they will be clean. A second complete shaving and bathing on the seventh day of the transition period. The thoroughness of the second shaving — head, beard, eyebrows, and all remaining hair — communicates the complete removal of the old state before the final restoration. The second washing of clothes and bathing with water prepares the person for the final stage of the restoration ceremony on the eighth day.
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