“And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.”
It shall be a perpetual statute for them: the one who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening — the cleanser becomes unclean through the act of cleansing; the unclean water itself defiles those who use it. The paradox is total: the means of purification carries defilement, yet it alone can restore cleanness. This mystery (chok) points beyond itself to a wisdom hidden in God's ordinances.
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