19 Consider Numbers 19:11-19

In this narrative, relating to the Law of purification, we read that the person who is exposed to or who comes in contact with a dead body shall be unclean for seven days. Read verses 11-19.

Reading verse 19, we can ask the question, “when does the “at even” of the seventh day occur?” When during the seventh day does at even occur in order to complete the seven days of uncleanness as defined by the Law (see verses 11, 14 and 16)?

Does at even (ba erev) occur at the beginning of the seventh day; or does at evening occur at the end of the seventh day?

Consider verse 12. The individual must purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day. On these two days, during the day, the individual must purify himself.

Now verse 19 states … on the seventh day he shall purify himself and wash his clothes and bath himself in water and shall be clean at even.

Reading all these scriptures we see 1) he is unclean for seven days; 2) on the seventh day he is performing activity, while still unclean; 3) he shall be clean at even (ba erev). Logically we can conclude that the evening is at the end of the seventh day.

The even of the seventh day is at the end of the seventh day making seven complete or full days.