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Ashes

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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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 seek that which will prove to be vain and unsatisfactory, and hence it denotes the unsatisfactory nature of idol-worship. (Compare Hosea 12:1 ).

Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Ashes'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​a/ashes.html. 1897.
 
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