Numbers 19:5

Then the heifer must be burned in his sight. Its hide, its flesh, and its blood are to be burned, along with its dung.

Majority Standard Bible

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 is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting.

6The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.

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Cross References

Exodus 29:14But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.

Leviticus 4:21Then he is to take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.

Isaiah 53:10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.

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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