CHAPTER XIX _The ordinance of the red heifer, _1, 2. _She shall be slain by Eleazar without the camp, and her blood_ _sprinkled before the tabernacle_, 3, 4. _Her whole body and appurtenance shall be reduced to ashes, and_ _while burning, cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop, shall be thrown_ _into... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 19:2. _SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL THAT THEY BRING_ _THEE, C._] The ordinance of the red heifer was a sacrifice of general application. All the people were to have an interest in it, and therefore the people at large are to provide the sacrifice. This Jewish rite certainly had a... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 19:9. _FOR A WATER OF SEPARATION_] That is, the ashes were to be kept, in order to be mixed with water, Numbers 19:17, and sprinkled on those who had contracted any legal defilement.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 19:11. _HE THAT TOUCHETH THE DEAD BODY OF ANY MAN SHALL BE_ _UNCLEAN SEVEN DAYS._] How low does this lay man! He who touched a dead _beast_ was only unclean for one day, Leviticus 11:24; Leviticus 11:27; Leviticus 11:39; but he who touches a dead _man_ is unclean for _seven days_. This... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 19:12. _HE SHALL PURIFY HIMSELF WITH IT_] יתחטא בו _yithchatta bo_, literally, _he shall sin himself with it_. This Hebrew form of speech is common enough among us in other matters. Thus to _fleece, to bark_, and _to skin_, do not signify to _add_ a _fleece_, another _bark_, or a _skin... [ Continue Reading ]