Numbers 19:5
in Numbers 19Then the heifer must be burned in his sight. Its hide, its flesh, and its blood are to be burned, along with its dung.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
KJV
And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
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This verse in Numbers 19
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
one shall burn the heifer in his sight
on Numbers 19:5-6
She is burned entire, skin and flesh and dung, and the text adds her blood to the list, which Leviticus 4:11-12 does not say of the sin offering burned outside the camp. Cedar wood, hyssop and scarlet go into the fire with her, the same three used at the cleansing of a leper in Leviticus 14:4-6 and on the leprous house at 14:49-52. Everything the rite will later use ends up in the ash, so one animal is reduced to a substance that keeps and travels.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
This typified the extreme sufferings of our Lord Jesus, both in soul and body, as a sacrifice made by fire. The priest was to cast into the fire, while it was burning, cedarwood, hyssop, and scarlet, which were used in the cleansing of lepers ( Lev. xiv.
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And one shall burn the heifer in his sight,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
By this attitude he indicated that he was presenting an expiatory sacrifice, for the acceptance of which he hoped, in the grace of God, by looking to the mercy seat. Every part of it was consumed by fire except the blood used in sprinkling, and the ingredients mixed with the ashes were the same as those employed in the sprinkling of lepers (Le 14:4-7).
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשָׂרַ֥ף | vesaraf | and he will burn | H8313 → | 117 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַפָּרָ֖ה | haparah | the heifer | H6510 → | 26 times |
| לְעֵינָ֑יו | leeinav | to eyes his | H5869 → | 887 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֹרָ֤הּ | ʾorah | skin its | H5785 → | 99 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּשָׂרָהּ֙ | besarah | flesh its | H1320 → | 270 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דָּמָ֔הּ | damah | blood its | H1818 → | 360 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | with | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פִּרְשָׁ֖הּ | pirshah | offal its | H6569 → | |
| יִשְׂרֹֽף׃ | yisrof | he will burn | H8313 → | 117 times |
וְשָׂרַ֥ףand he will burn
vesarafH8313 →117 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַפָּרָ֖הthe heifer
haparahH6510 →26 times
לְעֵינָ֑יוto eyes his
leeinavH5869 →887 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֹרָ֤הּskin its
ʾorahH5785 →99 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
בְּשָׂרָהּ֙flesh its
besarahH1320 →270 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
דָּמָ֔הּblood its
damahH1818 →360 times
עַל־with
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פִּרְשָׁ֖הּoffal its
pirshahH6569 →
יִשְׂרֹֽף׃he will burn
yisrofH8313 →117 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 53:10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days,…
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- Romans 8:32
He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
- Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
- Zechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against…
- Ephesians 1:5
He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
Through
Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
it leads to
- Psalms 31:10
For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.
- Daniel 5:6
his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.
- Job 30:16
And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.
- Psalms 31:10
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.