Bamidbar 19:1

1 9 And Hashem spoke unto Moshe and unto Aharon, saying,

Bamidbar 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.

Bamidbar 19:1 In-Context

1 9 And Hashem spoke unto Moshe and unto Aharon, saying,

2 This is the chukkat hatorah which Hashem hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, that they bring thee a completely red female cow [that has not produced a calf], wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came ol (yoke):

3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar HaKohen, that he may bring her forth outside the machaneh, and one shall slaughter (shachat) her before his face;

4 And Eleazar HaKohen shall take of her dahm with his finger, and sprinkle of her dahm directly before the Ohel Mo’ed seven times;

5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her hide, and her basar, and her dahm, with her dung, shall he burn;