Numbers 19:2 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 19:2

“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.

BSB

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ASV

This is the statute of the law which Jehovah 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.

KJV

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:

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Commentary

3 voices

Bede

On the Tabernacle 2.11 (735)

Now [Moses] declares that the ashes of the victims (which ought to be taken as a great mystery) are "the sprinkled ashes of a red heifer," which (as the apostle also bears witness) sanctified "those who have been defiled, so that [their] flesh is made …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And it must be one on which never came yoke, which was not insisted on in other sacrifices, but thus was typified the voluntary offer of the Lord Jesus, when he said, Lo, I come, He was bound and held with no other cords than those of his own love.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

This is the ordinance of the law--an institution of a peculiar nature ordained by law for the purification of sin, and provided at the public expense because it was for the good of the whole community. Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, &c.--This is the only case in which the color of the victim is specified.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
זֹ֚את	zot	this	H2063 →
חֻקַּ֣ת	chu.Kat	[is] [the] statute of	H2708 →
הַתּוֹרָ֔ה	ha.to.Rah	the law	H8451 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
צִוָּ֥ה	tzi.Vah	he has commanded	H6680 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לֵאמֹ֑ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
דַּבֵּ֣ר׀	da.Ber	speak	H1696 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וְיִקְח֣וּ	ve.yik.Chu	so they may bring	H3947 →
אֵלֶיךָ֩	'e.lei.Kha	to you	H413 →
פָרָ֨ה	fa.Rah	a heifer	H6510 →
אֲדֻמָּ֜ה	'a.du.Mah	red	H122 →
תְּמִימָ֗ה	te.mi.Mah	unblemished	H8549 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
אֵֽין־	'ein-	there not	H369 →
בָּהּ֙	bah	in <the> it
מ֔וּם	Mum	[is] a blemish	H3971 →
אֲשֶׁ֛ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
עָלָ֥ה	'a.Lah	it has gone up	H5927 →
עָלֶ֖יהָ	'a.Lei.ha	on it	H5921 →
עֹֽל׃	'Ol	a yoke	H5923 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Peter 1:19
but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
leads to
- 1 John 1:7
  But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- 1 Peter 2:22–24
  “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
- John 1:29
  The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- Hebrews 9:12–14
  He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
- Revelation 5:9
  And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and…
Through
1 Samuel 6:7
Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 6:3
  They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new…
- 1 Chronicles 13:7
  So they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart.
Through
Deuteronomy 21:3
Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,
leads to
- Matthew 11:28–30
  Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Numbers

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Numbers