Numbers 19:1

Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out] and to Aaron [Light-bringer], saying,

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And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

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2+ 19:2. Num 19:2 (Num 19:2-10) (#3.240): How to prepare a red heifer for the ashes of purification T. Note: The ashes of the red heifer is mixed with living water to make the Waters of Purification. The Cohen ·Priest· who burns the heifer will be unclean to evening. A second Cohen ·Priest· will gather the ashes and prepare the water of purification; this person will also be unclean to evening. Both people who prepare the Waters of Purification, which makes unclean people clean again, become unclean in the process. How can someone be made clean when those involved in the process of making the Water of Purification become unclean? “This is the hukkat ·regulation· of the Torah ·Teaching· + 19:2 The title of this Torah portion is Hukkat ·Regulation·; it is derived from the root word choke which means ·statute, limit, ordinance, something prescribed·. Choke is sometimes translated similar to Torah ·Teaching·. The main difference is in the nuance that each word is attempting to convey: Choke ·Ordinance, [decree from a supreme ruler]·; Hukkat ·Regulation, [official guideline]·; Torah ·Teaching·. which Adonai has enjoined. Tell the children of Israel [God prevails] to bring you a red heifer without spot, in which is no defect, + 19:2. Quoted in Heb 9:14 and which was never yoked.

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Matthew Henry on Numbers 19:1

This chapter is only concerning the preparing and using of the ashes which were to impregnate the water of purification. The people had complained of the strictness of the law, which forbade their near approach to the tabernacle, ch. xvii. 13 . In answer to this complaint, they are here directed to purify themselves, so as that they might come as far as they had occasion without fear. Here is, I. The method of preparing these ashes, by the burning of a red heifer, with a great deal of ceremony, ver. 1-10 . II. The… Read the whole commentary →

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