Numbers 19:1

The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

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

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2“This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded. Tell the children of Israel to bring you a red heifer without spot, in which is no defect, 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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