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: Ver. 2. _This is the ordinance of the law, which._] An ordinance, a law, a commande... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and [one] shall slay her before his face: Ver. 3. _To Eleazar the priest._] To assure him of the succession of the priesthood. Besides, it was fitter he should be defiled than his father. Num 19:7 Hereby al... [ Continue Reading ]
And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times: Ver. 4. _Shall take of the blood with his finger._] Not with his whole hand. Christ's blood must be touched or applied with great discretion and... [ Continue Reading ]
And [one] shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: Ver. 5. _Shall he burn._] To set forth Christ's ardent love and bitter sufferings. Love itself is a passion, and delights to express itself by suffering for the party beloved.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast [it] into the midst of the burning of the heifer. Ver. 6. _Cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet._] Hereby was signified, that Christ, howsoever in respect of our sins he was burnt up with the fire of his Father's wrath; yet by t... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. Ver. 7. _The priest shall wash his clothes._] To show the contagion and pollution of sin, 2Co 7:1 and imperfection of the legal p... [ Continue Reading ]
And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. Ver. 8. _See Trapp on "_ Num 19:7 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And a man [that is] clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay [them] up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it [is] a purification for sin. Ver. 9. _And a man that is clean._] Hereby is meant... [ Continue Reading ]
And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. Ver. 10. _Shall wash his clothes._] To note, that even the nearer a Christian c... [ Continue Reading ]
He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. Ver. 11. _He that toucheth._] To teach them to observe God's curse in death, and to avoid the society of sinful men.... [ Continue Reading ]
And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. Ver. 16. _Shall be unclean seven days._] _See Trapp on "_ Lev 11:31 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And for an unclean [person] they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: Ver. 17. _And running water._] Signifying the ashes of Christ's merit, and the water of his Spirit. See 1Co 6:11 Joh 7:38-39 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip [it] in the water, and sprinkle [it] upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: Ver. 18. _Shall take hyssop._] No benefit by Christ, without mor... [ Continue Reading ]