“He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.”
That person shall purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day, and so become clean; but if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not become clean — the ashes-water must be applied twice: on the third day (mid-period) and on the seventh day (completion). The dual sprinkling suggests purification requires time and ritual repetition. Failure to comply leaves one perpetually unclean and excluded from Israel's sacred community.
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