Num 19:20 | CPDV | STEP | If anyone has not been expiated by this ritual, his soul shall perish from the midst of the Church. For he has polluted the Sanctuary of the Lord, and he has not been sprinkled with purifying waters.

Numbers 19:20

20 If anyone has not been expiated by this ritual, his soul shall perish from the midst of the Church. For he has polluted the Sanctuary of the Lord, and he has not been sprinkled with purifying waters. ^{▼▼19:20In this ritual is a great figure of the Sacrament of Baptism and its necessity for any soul to be saved. The use of the word Church favors the spiritual meaning of this verse; this is an example of the Christological translation of the Old Testament.(Conte)}