Tree of Life Version
Numbers 19:5
5“While watching, he is to burn the heifer, her hide, flesh, blood and refuse.
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 her to Eleazar the kohen. He will take her outside the camp and slaughter her in his presence. 4Then Eleazar the kohen is to take some of the blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting. “While watching, he is to burn the heifer, her hide, flesh, blood and refuse. 6The kohen is to take some cedar wood, hyssop and scarlet wool, and cast them into the midst of the burning heifer. 7“Afterward, the kohen is to wash his clothes and bathe his flesh with the water, and afterward he may come back into the camp. Still the kohen 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 the meat of the bull, along with its skin and its dung, you are to burn with fire outside the camp. It is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 4:11The bull’s hide, all its flesh, with its head, along with its legs, its innards and its dung—
- Psalms 22:14They open wide their mouths against me, like a tearing, roaring lion.
- Isaiah 53:10Yet it pleased Adonai to bruise Him. He caused Him to suffer. If He makes His soul a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the will of Adonai will succeed by His hand.
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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