Numbers 19:1
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES AND UNTO AARON, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES AND UNTO AARON, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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:_ This is the ordinance of the law (Leviticus 4:14: cf. Hebrews 9:13) - an institution of... [ Continue Reading ]
_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:_ Ye shall give her unto Eleazar. He was the second or deputy high priest, and he was selected for this duty because the execution of it entailed temporary defilement... [ Continue Reading ]
_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:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THE PRIEST SHALL WASH HIS CLOTHES, AND HE SHALL BATHE HIS FLESH IN WATER, AND AFTERWARD HE SHALL COME INTO THE CAMP, AND THE PRIEST SHALL BE UNCLEAN UNTIL THE EVEN._ The priest shall be unclean until the even. The ceremonies prescribed show the imperfection of the Levitical priesthood, while... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE THAT BURNETH HER SHALL WASH HIS CLOTHES IN WATER, AND BATHE HIS FLESH IN WATER, AND SHALL BE UNCLEAN UNTIL THE EVEN._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE THAT TOUCHETH THE DEAD BODY OF ANY MAN SHALL BE UNCLEAN SEVEN DAYS._ He that toucheth the dead body of any man. This law is noticed here to show the uses to which the water of separation was applied. The case of a death is one; and as in every family which sustained a bereavement the members of... [ Continue Reading ]