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it is to be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/19.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Give it to Eleazar the priest, and it will be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And you shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be taken outside the camp and slaughtered before him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and <i>one</i> shall slay her before his face:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, that he may take it outside the camp, and it shall be slaughtered before him;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And you shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be brought outside the camp and be slaughtered in his presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be brought outside the camp and be slaughtered in his presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And you shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be brought outside the camp and be slaughtered in his presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And you shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be brought outside the camp and be slaughtered in his presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be brought outside the camp and be slaughtered in his presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Give it to the priest Eleazar, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Moses will give it to Eleazar the priest, then it will be led outside the camp and killed while Eleazar watches. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Give it to the priest Eleazar. It must be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and they will give it to Eleazar the priest. It is to be taken outside the camp and killed in his presence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They are to deliver it to Eleazar the priest, and it is to be brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You must give it to Eleazar the priest so that he can take it outside the camp, and it must be slaughtered before him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And you shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and they shall bring it outside of the camp, and they shall slaughter it in his presence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall give her to Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall give her to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her outside of the camp, and one shall kill her before his face. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and you have given it to Eleazar the priest, and he has brought it out to the outside of the camp, and has slaughtered it before him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and ye have given it unto Eleazar the priest, and he hath brought it out unto the outside of the camp, and hath slaughtered it before him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And give her to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her forth without the camp, and slaughter her before him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And you shall deliver her to Eleazar the priest, who shall bring her forth without the camp, and shall immolate her in the sight of all: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And you shall deliver it to Eleazar the priest, who, having led it out beyond the camp, shall immolate it in the sight of all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You will give it to Eleazar the priest, and it will be led outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall give it to the priest Eleazar, and it shall be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And you shall give her to Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth outside the camp, and one shall slaughter her in his sight;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And give her to Eliazer the Priest; he shall take her outside of the camp. He shall slaughter her before him.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, and she shall be brought forth without the camp, and she shall be slain before his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt give her to Eleazar the priest; and they shall bring her out of the camp into a clean place, and shall kill her before his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/19-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=5989" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/19.htm">The Red Heifer</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>“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. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: ū·nə·ṯat·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">Give</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯāh (DirObjM:: 3fs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">it to</a> <a href="/hebrew/499.htm" title="499: ’el·‘ā·zār (N-proper-ms) -- God has helped, six Isr. From 'el and azar; God helper; Elazar, the name of seven Israelites.">Eleazar</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hên (Art:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">the priest,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: wə·hō·w·ṣî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">and he will have it brought</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯāh (DirObjM:: 3fs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/2351.htm" title="2351: mi·ḥūṣ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The outside, a street. Or chuts; from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. Outside, outdoors.">outside</a> <a href="/hebrew/4264.htm" title="4264: lam·ma·ḥă·neh (Prep-l, Art:: N-cs) -- An encampment, camp. From chanah; an encampment; hence, an army, whether literal or figurative.">the camp</a> <a href="/hebrew/7819.htm" title="7819: wə·šā·ḥaṭ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To slaughter, beat. A primitive root; to slaughter.">and slaughtered</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯāh (DirObjM:: 3fs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·nāw (Prep-l:: N-cpc:: 3ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">in his presence.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Hebrews 9:13-14</a></span><br />For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, / how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/4-12.htm">Leviticus 4:12</a></span><br />all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place where the ashes are poured out, and there he must burn it on a wood fire on the ash heap.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/16-27.htm">Leviticus 16:27</a></span><br />The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung must be burned up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-11.htm">Hebrews 13:11-12</a></span><br />Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp. / And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/29-14.htm">Exodus 29:14</a></span><br />But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/9-11.htm">Leviticus 9:11</a></span><br />But he burned up the flesh and the hide outside the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7</a></span><br />Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/6-11.htm">Leviticus 6:11</a></span><br />Then he must take off his garments, put on other clothes, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/19-17.htm">John 19:17</a></span><br />Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/8-17.htm">Leviticus 8:17</a></span><br />But the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung he burned outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-21.htm">2 Chronicles 29:21</a></span><br />They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-31.htm">Matthew 27:31-33</a></span><br />After they had mocked Him, they removed the robe and put His own clothes back on Him. Then they led Him away to crucify Him. / Along the way they found a man from Cyrene, named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross of Jesus. / And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means The Place of the Skull,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/43-21.htm">Ezekiel 43:21</a></span><br />Then you are to take away the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the appointed part of the temple area outside the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/14-3.htm">Leviticus 14:3</a></span><br />The priest is to go outside the camp to examine him, and if the skin disease of the afflicted person has healed,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-58.htm">Acts 7:58</a></span><br />They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And you shall give her to Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:</p><p class="hdg">with the camp</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2</a></b></br> Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/15-36.htm">Numbers 15:36</a></b></br> And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/4-12.htm">Leviticus 4:12,21</a></b></br> Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/15-36.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/numbers/18-32.htm">Death</a> <a href="/numbers/16-39.htm">Eleazar</a> <a href="/numbers/16-40.htm">Elea'zar</a> <a href="/numbers/16-13.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/numbers/15-36.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/numbers/17-9.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/numbers/18-28.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/numbers/14-16.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/numbers/14-16.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/numbers/14-16.htm">Slaughtered</a> <a href="/numbers/14-15.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/numbers/15-36.htm">Tent-Circle</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/19-7.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/numbers/19-14.htm">Death</a> <a href="/numbers/19-4.htm">Eleazar</a> <a href="/numbers/19-4.htm">Elea'zar</a> <a href="/numbers/22-29.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/numbers/19-9.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/numbers/20-6.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/numbers/19-4.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/numbers/19-16.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-31.htm">Slaughtered</a> <a href="/numbers/25-5.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/numbers/19-7.htm">Tent-Circle</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 19</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/19-1.htm">The water of separation made of the ashes of a red heifer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/19-11.htm">The law for the use of it in purification of the unclean</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/19.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/19.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Give it to Eleazar the priest</b><br>Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was a prominent figure in the priesthood, serving as a high priest after Aaron's death. His role in this passage highlights the importance of the priestly duties in maintaining the purity and holiness of the Israelite community. The priesthood was central to the religious life of Israel, acting as mediators between God and the people. This task being assigned to Eleazar signifies the sacred nature of the ritual and the need for a consecrated individual to oversee it.<p><b>and he will have it brought outside the camp</b><br>The instruction to take the sacrifice outside the camp is significant in the context of Israelite purity laws. The camp represented the dwelling place of God among His people, and anything unclean or associated with sin was to be removed from it. This act symbolizes the separation of sin from the community. It also prefigures the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who was crucified outside the city of Jerusalem, bearing the sins of the world away from the presence of God.<p><b>and slaughtered in his presence</b><br>The act of slaughtering the sacrifice in the presence of the priest underscores the need for an authoritative witness to the ritual, ensuring it was conducted according to divine instructions. This mirrors the sacrificial system where the shedding of blood was necessary for atonement, pointing forward to the ultimate sacrifice of Christ. The presence of the priest also emphasizes the seriousness of the act, as it was not merely a ritual but a profound spiritual transaction.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/eleazar_the_priest.htm">Eleazar the Priest</a></b><br>Eleazar, the son of Aaron, is a key figure in the priesthood. He is tasked with overseeing the ritual of the red heifer, highlighting his role in maintaining the purity and holiness of the Israelite community.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/o/outside_the_camp.htm">Outside the Camp</a></b><br>The location where the red heifer is to be slaughtered. This signifies separation from the community, symbolizing the removal of impurity and sin.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_red_heifer.htm">The Red Heifer</a></b><br>A unique sacrificial animal used for purification rites. Its ashes were used to purify those who had become ceremonially unclean, particularly through contact with a dead body.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_priesthood.htm">The Role of the Priesthood</a></b><br>Eleazar's involvement underscores the importance of spiritual leadership in guiding the community towards holiness and purity. In our lives, spiritual leaders can help us understand and apply God's Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/separation_from_sin.htm">Separation from Sin</a></b><br>The act of taking the heifer outside the camp symbolizes the need to separate from sin and impurity. As believers, we are called to live lives that are distinct from the world, pursuing holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_sacrifice.htm">The Significance of Sacrifice</a></b><br>The red heifer points to the necessity of sacrifice for purification. This foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus, who cleanses us from all sin. We are reminded of the cost of our redemption and the call to live sacrificially.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/purification_and_holiness.htm">Purification and Holiness</a></b><br>The ritual emphasizes the need for purification to approach God. In our spiritual journey, we must continually seek God's cleansing through repentance and faith.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 19</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_herod_the_great.htm">Who was Ithamar in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_eleazar_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Eleazar in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_a_red_heifer_mean_biblically.htm">What does a red heifer symbolize in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_aaron's_death_location_differ.htm">Why does Deuteronomy 10:6-7 place Aaron's death at Moserah when Numbers 20:27-28 records it occurred on Mount Hor?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Unto Eleazar the priest.</span> Possibly in order that Aaron himself might not be associated with dearly, even in this indirect way (see verse 6). In after times, however, it was usually the high priest who officiated on this occasion, and therefore it is quite as likely that Eleazar was designated because he was already beginning to take the place of his father in his especial duties. <span class="cmt_word">Without the camp.</span> The bodies of those animals which were offered for the sin of the congregation were always burnt outside the camp, the law thus testifying that sin and death had no proper place within the city of God. In this case, however, the whole sacrifice was performed outside the camp, and was only brought into relation with the national sanctuary by the sprinkling of the blood in that direction. Various symbolic reasons have been assigned to this fact, but none are satisfactory except the following: - <p><span class="Text_Heading">1.</span> It served to intensify the conviction, which the whole of this ordinance was intended to bring home to the minds of men, that death was an awful thing, and that everything connected with it was wholly foreign to the presence and habitation of the living God. <p><span class="Text_Heading">2.</span> It served to mark with more emphasis the contrast between this one offering, which was perhaps almost the only one they had in the wilderness, and those which ought to have been offered continually according to the Levitical ordinances. The red heifer stood quite outside the number of ordinary victims as demanded by the law, and therefore it was not slain at any hallowed altar, nor, necessarily, by any hallowed hand. <p><span class="Text_Heading">3.</span> It served to prefigure in a wonderful and indeed startling way the sacrifice of Christ outside the gate. In later days the heifer was conducted upon a double tier of arches over the ravine of Kedron to the opposite slope of Olivet. <span class="cmt_word">That he may bring</span> <span class="cmt_word">her forth... and one shall slay her.</span> The nominative to both these verbs is alike unexpressed. Septuagint, <span class="greek">καὶ ἐξάξουσιν . .</span> <span class="greek">καὶ σφάξουσιν</span>. In the practice of later ages the high priest led her out, and another priest killed her in his presence, but it was not so commanded. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/19-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Give</span><br /><span class="heb">וּנְתַתֶּ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·nə·ṯat·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Eleazar</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶלְעָזָ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(’el·‘ā·zār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_499.htm">Strong's 499: </a> </span><span class="str2">Eleazar -- 'God has helped', six Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the priest,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֹּהֵ֑ן</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kō·hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and he will have it brought</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהוֹצִ֤יא</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hō·w·ṣî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">outside</span><br /><span class="heb">מִח֣וּץ</span> <span class="translit">(mi·ḥūṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2351.htm">Strong's 2351: </a> </span><span class="str2">Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the camp</span><br /><span class="heb">לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(lam·ma·ḥă·neh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4264.htm">Strong's 4264: </a> </span><span class="str2">An encampment, an army</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and slaughtered</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׁחַ֥ט</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šā·ḥaṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7819.htm">Strong's 7819: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slaughter, beat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in his presence.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְפָנָֽיו׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·p̄ā·nāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/19-3.htm">Numbers 19:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/19-3.htm">Numbers 19:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/19-3.htm">Numbers 19:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/19-3.htm">Numbers 19:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/19-3.htm">Numbers 19:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/19-3.htm">Numbers 19:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/19-3.htm">Numbers 19:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/19-3.htm">Numbers 19:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/19-3.htm">Numbers 19:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/19-3.htm">Numbers 19:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/19-3.htm">OT Law: Numbers 19:3 You shall give her to Eleazar (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/19-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 19:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 19:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/19-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 19:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 19:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>