Numbers 19:3

You shall give her to Eleazar [Help of God] the priest, and he shall bring her outside of the camp, and one shall kill her before his face.

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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:

In Context

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.

4Eleazar [Help of God] the priest shall take some of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the Tent of Meeting seven times.

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Cross References

Leviticus 4:12he shall carry the whole bull outside of the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire. Where the ashes are poured out, it shall be burned.

Leviticus 13:45“The leper in whom the plague is shall wear torn clothes, and the hair of his head shall hang loose. He shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’

Leviticus 24:14“Bring out of the camp him who cursed; and let all who sh'ma ·heard obeyed· him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

Numbers 5:2+ 5:2. Num 5:2 (Num 5:1-4) (#3.238): To send anyone who is unclean out of the camp and from the Holy Presence, that is the Sanctuary “Enjoin the children of Israel [God prevails] that they put out of the camp every leper, and everyone who has an issue, and whoever is unclean by the dead.

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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