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Numbers 19:2 KJV
Numbers · chapter 19 · verse 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 19:2 · King James Version
Numbers 19:2 in context
1And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
2This 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:
3And 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:
4And 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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ordinancechuqqâh{an enactmentH2708 →
- commandedtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- Speakdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
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We have here the divine appointment concerning the solemn burning of a red heifer to ashes, and the preserving of the ashes, that of them might be made, not a beautifying, but a purifying, water, for that was the utmost the law reached to; it offered not to adorn as the gospel does, but to cleanse only.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10