Numbers 19:1

1 God spoke to Moses and Aaron:

Numbers 19:1 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 19:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron
Not at this time, after the business of the spies, and the affair of Korah, but before the children of Israel departed from Sinai; and so Aben Ezra observes, that this was spoken in the wilderness of Sinai, when the Lord commanded to put unclean persons out of the camp, and when some were defiled with a dead body, and unfit for the passover, ( Numbers 5:2 ) ( 9:6 ) ; and mention is made of the "water of purifying", ( Numbers 8:7 ) ;

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 19:1 In-Context

1 God spoke to Moses and Aaron:

2 "This is the rule from the Revelation that God commands: Tell the People of Israel to get a red cow, a healthy specimen, ritually clean, that has never been in harness.

3 Present it to Eleazar the priest, then take it outside the camp and butcher it while he looks on.

4 Eleazar will take some of the blood on his finger and splash it seven times in the direction of the Tent of Meeting.

5 "Then under Eleazar's supervision burn the cow, the whole thing - hide, meat, blood, even its dung.