Numbers 19:1

The Water of Cleansing

1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:

Numbers 19:1 in Other Translations

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

1 Now the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

1 God spoke to Moses and Aaron:

1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron,

1 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said,

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 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:

2 “This is a requirement of the law that the LORD has commanded: Tell the Israelites to bring you a red heifer without defect or blemish and that has never been under a yoke.

3 Give it to Eleazar the priest; it is to be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.

4 Then 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.

5 While he watches, the heifer is to be burned—its hide, flesh, blood and intestines.