Numbers 19:1 — Meaning and Application

Numbers 19:2

"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:"

Numbers 19:3

"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:"

Numbers 19:4

"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:"

Numbers 19:5

"And {one} shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:"

Numbers 19:6

"And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast {it} into the midst of the burning of the heifer."