God’s Word Translation
Numbers 19:5
5Then the entire cow (the skin, meat, blood, and excrement) will be burned while he watches.
Numbers 19:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
- New International Version (NIV)While he watches, the heifer is to be burned—its hide, flesh, blood and intestines.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the heifer shall be burned in his sight. Its skin, its flesh, and its blood, with its dung, shall be burned.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight: its hide, its flesh, its blood, and its offal shall be burned.
Context of Numbers 19:5
3Give it to the priest Eleazar. It must be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence. 4The priest Eleazar will take some of the blood with his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the tent of meeting. Then the entire cow (the skin, meat, blood, and excrement) will be burned while he watches. 6The priest will take some cedar wood, a hyssop sprig, and some red yarn and throw them onto the burning cow. 7The priest must then wash his clothes and his body. After that, he may go into the camp. But he will be unclean until evening.
Read all of Numbers 19Numbers 19:5 word by word
וְשָׂרַ֥ף אֶת־הַפָּרָ֖ה לְעֵינָ֑יו אֶת־עֹרָ֤הּ וְאֶת־בְּשָׂרָהּ֙ וְאֶת־דָּמָ֔הּ עַל־פִּרְשָׁ֖הּ יִשְׂרֹֽף׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Numbers 19:5
- Exodus 29:14But burn the bull’s meat, skin, and excrement outside the camp. It is an offering for sin.
- Leviticus 4:11Then he will take the entire bull (the skin, meat, head, legs, internal organs, and excrement)
- Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax. It has melted within me.
- Isaiah 53:10Yet, it was the Lord’s will to crush him with suffering. When the Lord has made his life a sacrifice for our wrongdoings, he will see his descendants for many days. The will of the Lord will succeed through him.
Commentaries on Numbers 19:5
- 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
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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
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