Numbers 19:4

Numbers 19:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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:
• New International Version (NIV)Then Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the tent of meeting.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and sprinkle some of its blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and sprinkle some of its blood seven times directly in front of the tabernacle of meeting.

Context of Numbers 19:4

2This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without blemish, wherein is no defect, and upon which never came yoke; 3and ye shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring it outside the camp, and one shall slaughter it before him. And Eleazar the priest shall take of its blood with his finger, and shall sprinkle of its blood directly before the tent of meeting seven times. 5And one shall burn the heifer before his eyes; its skin and its flesh, and its blood, with its dung, shall he burn. 6And the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

Numbers 19:4 word by word

וְלָקַ֞ח אֶלְעָזָ֧ר הַכֹּהֵ֛ן מִדָּמָ֖הּ בְּאֶצְבָּע֑וֹ וְהִזָּ֞ה אֶל־נֹ֨כַח פְּנֵ֧י אֹֽהֶל־מוֹעֵ֛ד מִדָּמָ֖הּ שֶׁ֥בַע פְּעָמִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• Eleazarאֶלְעָזָר'el‛âzâr · EleazarH499
• priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• fingerאֶצְבַּע'etsba‛ · fingerH676
• tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• meetingמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meetingH4150
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• timesפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471

Cross-references for Numbers 19:4

• Leviticus 4:6and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before Jehovah before the veil of the sanctuary;
• Leviticus 16:14And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle with his finger upon the front of the mercy-seat eastward; and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood seven times with his finger.
• Hebrews 9:13For if the blood of goats and bulls, and a heifer's ashes sprinkling the defiled, sanctifies for the purity of the flesh,
• Hebrews 12:24and to Jesus, mediator of a new covenant; and to [the] blood of sprinkling, speaking better than Abel.
• 1 Peter 1:2elect according to [the] foreknowledge of God [the] Father, by sanctification of [the] Spirit, unto [the] obedience and sprinkling of [the] blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Commentaries on Numbers 19:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5To protect Aaron’s holy status, Eleazar had to perform the red heifer offering because it caused ceremonial impurity (see Leviticus 21:10–12). The red heifer ceremony differed from the regular sacrifice (compare Leviticus 4:3–12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-63-6. ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest that he may bring her forth without the camp--He was the second or deputy high priest, and he was selected for this duty because the execution of it entailed temporary defilement, from which the acting high priest was to be preserved with the greatest care. It was led "forth without the camp," in accordance with the law regarding victims laden with the sins of the people, and thus typical of Christ (He 13:12…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 19:4

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In the dictionaries

• Eleazar
• Clean
• Covering
• Defile
• Exodus
• Heifer
• Unclean
• Water of separation
• Agrapha
• Blood

Commentaries on Numbers 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings