Numbers 19:4

And Eleazar the priest has taken of its blood with his finger, and has sprinkled [it] toward the front of the face of the Tent of Meeting from its blood seven times;

Literal Standard Version

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

3and you have given it to Eleazar the priest, and he has brought it out to the outside of the camp, and has slaughtered it before him.

5and [one] has burned the cow before his eyes; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, besides her dung, he burns;

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Cross References

Leviticus 4:17and the priest has dipped his finger in the blood, and has sprinkled seven times before YHWH at the front of the veil,

Leviticus 16:19and he has sprinkled on it of the blood with his finger seven times, and has cleansed it, and has hallowed it from the uncleannesses of the sons of Israel.

Hebrews 12:24and to a mediator of a new covenant—Jesus, and to blood of sprinkling, speaking better things 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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