Verse 17
17. Holy water Hebrew, holy waters; Greek, pure living water. This was at hand in the brazen laver near the altar. Exodus 30:18. The water of separation, mixed with the ashes of the red heifer, ceremonially defiled the pure and purified the unclean. Numbers 19:20-21. As neither of these was the purpose of this rite, the water of separation would have been inappropriate. There is no authority here, nor elsewhere in the Bible, for the holy water superstitiously used in the Roman, Greek, and Armenian Churches.
An earthen vessel Thus symbolizing the baseness of the crime. As the vessel could be easily broken, no monument would remain to bring to the husband’s remembrance his wife’s criminality, if guilty, or his groundless jealousy, if innocent. Leviticus 6:28; Leviticus 11:33.
The dust… of the tabernacle Endued for the occasion with supernatural qualities by Jehovah. Dust in several passages of the Holy Scripture typifies the state of condemnation before God. Genesis 3:14; Deuteronomy 28:24; Joshua 7:6; Micah 7:17. It would not harm the innocent.
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