Bible Dictionaries
Ashes

From Easton: The ashes of a red heifer burned entire (Numbers 19:5) when sprinkled on the unclean made them ceremonially clean (Hebrews 9:13).

To cover the head with ashes was a token of self-abhorrence and humiliation (2 Samuel 13:19; Esther 4:3; Jeremiah 6:26, etc.).

To feed on ashes (Isaiah 44:20), means to See k that which will prove to be vain and unsatisfactory, and hence it denotes the unsatisfactory nature of idol-worship. (Comp. Hosea 12:1).

Verses:

• Genesis 18:27
• Exodus 9:8
• Exodus 9:10
• Exodus 27:3
• Leviticus 1:16
• Leviticus 4:12
• Leviticus 6:10
• Leviticus 6:11
• Numbers 4:13
• Numbers 19:9
• Numbers 19:10
• Numbers 19:17
• 2 Samuel 13:19
• 1 Kings 13:3
• 1 Kings 13:5
• 1 Kings 20:38
• 1 Kings 20:41
• 2 Kings 23:4
• Esther 4:1
• Esther 4:3
• Job 2:8
• Job 13:12
• Job 30:19
• Job 42:6
• Psalms 102:9
• Psalms 147:16
• Isaiah 44:20
• Isaiah 58:5
• Isaiah 61:3
• Jeremiah 6:26
• Jeremiah 31:40
• Lamentations 3:16
• Ezekiel 27:30
• Ezekiel 28:18
• Daniel 9:3
• Jonah 3:6
• Malachi 4:3
• Matthew 11:21
• Luke 10:13
• Hebrews 9:13
• 2 Peter 2:6