Numbers 19:4

Eleazar the priest will put some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times towards the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

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In The King James Version

And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:

In Context

3Hand it over to Eleazar the priest, and he will take it outside the camp and have it slaughtered before him.

5Then the cow must be burned as he watches. All of it is to be burned—its skin, meat, and blood, as well as its excrement.

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Cross References

Leviticus 4:17He shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front of the veil.

Leviticus 16:19He is to sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to dedicate it and purify it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.

Hebrews 12:24You have come to Jesus, who shares with us the new agreed relationship, to the sprinkled blood that means more than that of Abel.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 19:2-11

The Ashes of Purification. ( b. c. 1471.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: 3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and… Read the whole commentary →

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