Numbers 19:4

Eleazar the priest must take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the tent of meeting.

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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

3Give the heifer to Eleazar the priest. He must bring it outside the camp, and someone must kill it in front of him.

5Another priest must burn the heifer in his sight. He must burn its hide, flesh, and its blood with its dung.

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Cross References

Leviticus 4:17and the priest will dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before Yahweh, before the curtain.

Leviticus 16:19He must sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and set it apart to Yahweh, away from the unclean actions of the people of Israel.

Hebrews 12:24You have come to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks better than Abel's blood.

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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