“Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.”
Everything that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water — metal can endure fire and is cleansed by it, symbolizing the purification of that which is durable and precious. Non-metal items cannot withstand fire and instead require the "water of separation" (probably water mixed with ashes of the red heifer, as in ch. 19), emphasizing that different substances require different purifications according to their nature.
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