Numbers 19:3

Numbers 19:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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:
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be taken outside the camp and slaughtered before him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, that he may take it outside the camp, and it shall be slaughtered before him;
• New Living Translation (NLT)Give it to Eleazar the priest, and it will be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.

Context of Numbers 19:3

1The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: 2“This is a requirement of the law that the Lord has commanded: Tell the Israelites to bring you a red heifer without defect or blemish and that has never been under a yoke. Give it to Eleazar the priest; it is to be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence. 4Then 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. 5While he watches, the heifer is to be burned—its hide, flesh, blood and intestines.

Numbers 19:3 word by word

וּנְתַתֶּ֣ם אֹתָ֔הּ אֶל־אֶלְעָזָ֖ר הַכֹּהֵ֑ן וְהוֹצִ֤יא אֹתָהּ֙ אֶל־מִח֣וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וְשָׁחַ֥ט אֹתָ֖הּ לְפָנָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And ye shall giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• her unto Eleazarאֶלְעָזָר'el‛âzâr · EleazarH499
• the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• that he may bring her forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• withoutחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• shall slayשָׁחַטshâchaţ · to slaughterH7819
• her beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440

Cross-references for Numbers 19:3

• Numbers 5:2“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone who has a defiling skin disease or a discharge of any kind, or who is ceremonially unclean because of a dead body.
• Numbers 15:36So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the Lord commanded Moses.
• Leviticus 4:12that is, all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a place ceremonially clean, where the ashes are thrown, and burn it there in a wood fire on the ash heap.
• Leviticus 13:45“Anyone with such a defiling disease must wear torn clothes, let their hair be unkempt, cover the lower part of their face and cry out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’
• Leviticus 16:27The bull and the goat for the sin offerings, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; their hides, flesh and intestines are to be burned up.
• Leviticus 24:14“Take the blasphemer outside the camp. All those who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the entire assembly is to stone him.
• Hebrews 13:11The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp.

Commentaries on Numbers 19:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The work would necessarily require a priest; yet as it rendered him unclean for the day Numbers 19:22, the high priest was relieved from performing it. Without the camp - The defilement was viewed as transferred to the victim that was to be offered for its removal. Under these circumstances the victim, like the defiled persons themselves, would be removed outside the camp. The particular pollution to be remedied by this ordinance was the indirect one…Read the comment
• 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