Numbers 19:5

Then 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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In The King James Version

And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:

In Context

4Eleazar the priest will put some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times towards the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

6The priest shall throw cedar wood, hyssop, and crimson thread on the burning cow.

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Cross References

Exodus 29:14But burn the bull's meat, its hide, and its excrement outside the camp—it is an offering for sin.

Leviticus 4:21Then he shall take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the bull previously mentioned. It is the sin offering for the whole community.

Isaiah 53:10However, it was the Lord's will for him to be crushed and to suffer, for when he gives his life as a guilt offering he will see his descendants, he will have a long life, and what the Lord wants will be achieved through him.

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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