אֵפֶר

In the text

• Numbers 19:9אֵפֶר

  Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept by the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification; this is for purification from sin.

• Esther 4:1וָאֵפֶר

  When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.

• Job 2:8הָאֵפֶר

  And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.

• Psalm 102:9אֵפֶר

  For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

• Isaiah 44:20אֵפֶר

  He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”

• Ezekiel 27:30בָּאֵפֶר

  They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.

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