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Selected Verse: Numbers 19:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 19:1 |
Strong Concordance |
And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872] and unto Aaron [0175], saying [0559], |
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King James |
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The principle that death and all pertaining to it, as being the manifestation and result of sin Gen 2:17, are defiling, and so lead to interruption of the living relationship between God and His people, is not now introduced for the first time, nor is it at all peculiar to the Mosaic law. It was, on the contrary, traditional among the Israelites from the earliest times, it is assumed in various enactments made already (compare Num 5:2; Num 9:6 ff; Lev 10:1, Lev 10:7; Lev 11:8, Lev 11:11, Lev 11:24; Lev 21:1 ff), and it is traceable in various forms among many nations, both ancient and modern. Moses adopted, here as elsewhere, existing and ancient customs, with significant additions, as helps in the spiritual education of his people.
The ordinance was probably given at this time because the plague which happened Num 16:46-50 about the matter of Korah had spread the defilement of death so widely through the camp as to seem to require some special measures of purification, more particularly as the deaths through it were in an extraordinary manner the penalty of sin. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
In order that a consciousness of the continuance of the covenant relation might be kept alive during the dying out of the race that had fallen under the judgment of God, after the severe stroke with which the Lord had visited the whole nation in consequence of the rebellion of the company of Korah, He gave the law concerning purification from the uncleanness of death, in which first of all the preparation of a sprinkling water is commanded for the removal of this uncleanness (Num 19:1-10); and then, secondly, the use of this purifying water enjoined as an eternal statute (Num 19:10-22). The thought that death, and the putrefaction of death, as being the embodiment of sin, defiled and excluded from fellowship with the holy God, was a view of the fall and its consequences which had been handed down from the primeval age, and which was not only shared by the Israelites with many of the nations of antiquity,
(Note: Vid., Bhr, Symbolik, ii. pp. 466ff.; Sommer, bibl. Abhdll. pp. 271ff.; Knobel on this chapter, and Leyrer in Herzog's Cyclopaedia.)
but presupposed by the laws given on Sinai as a truth well known in Israel; and at the same time confirmed, both in the prohibition of the priests from defiling themselves with the dead, except in the case of their nearest blood-relations (Lev 21:1-6, Lev 21:10-12), and in the command, that every one who was defiled by a corpse should be removed out of the camp (Num 5:2-4). Now, so long as the mortality within the congregation did not exceed the natural limits, the traditional modes of purification would be quite sufficient. But when it prevailed to a hitherto unheard-of extent, in consequence of the sentence pronounced by God, the defilements would necessarily be so crowded together, that the whole congregation would be in danger of being infected with the defilement of death, and of forfeiting its vocation to be the holy nation of Jehovah, unless God provided it with the means of cleansing itself from this uncleanness, without losing the fellowship of His covenant of grace. The law which follows furnished the means. In Num 19:2 this law is called התּורה חקּת, a "statute of instruction," or law-statute. This combination of the two words commonly used for law and statute, which is only met with again in Num 31:21, and there, as here, in connection with a rule relating to purification from the uncleanness of death, is probably intended to give emphasis to the design of the law about to be given, to point it out as one of great importance, but not as decretum absque ulla ratione, a decree without any reason, as the Rabbins suppose. |
46 And Moses [04872] said [0559] unto Aaron [0175], Take [03947] a censer [04289], and put [05414] fire [0784] therein from off [06440] the altar [04196], and put [07760] on incense [07004], and go [03212] quickly [04120] unto the congregation [05712], and make an atonement [03722] for them: for there is wrath [07110] gone out [03318] from the LORD [03068]; the plague [05063] is begun [02490].
47 And Aaron [0175] took [03947] as Moses [04872] commanded [01696], and ran [07323] into the midst [08432] of the congregation [06951]; and, behold, the plague [05063] was begun [02490] among the people [05971]: and he put [05414] on incense [07004], and made an atonement [03722] for the people [05971].
48 And he stood [05975] between the dead [04191] and the living [02416]; and the plague [04046] was stayed [06113].
49 Now they that died [04191] in the plague [04046] were fourteen [0702] [06240] thousand [0505] and seven [07651] hundred [03967], beside them that died [04191] about the matter [01697] of Korah [07141].
50 And Aaron [0175] returned [07725] unto Moses [04872] unto the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150]: and the plague [04046] was stayed [06113].
1 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Speak [0559] unto the priests [03548] the sons [01121] of Aaron [0175], and say [0559] unto them, There shall none be defiled [02930] for the dead [05315] among his people [05971]:
24 And for these ye shall be unclean [02930]: whosoever toucheth [05060] the carcase [05038] of them shall be unclean [02930] until the even [06153].
11 They shall be even an abomination [08263] unto you; ye shall not eat [0398] of their flesh [01320], but ye shall have their carcases [05038] in abomination [08262].
8 Of their flesh [01320] shall ye not eat [0398], and their carcase [05038] shall ye not touch [05060]; they are unclean [02931] to you.
7 And ye shall not go out [03318] from the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], lest ye die [04191]: for the anointing [04888] oil [08081] of the LORD [03068] is upon you. And they did [06213] according to the word [01697] of Moses [04872].
1 And Nadab [05070] and Abihu [030], the sons [01121] of Aaron [0175], took [03947] either [0376] of them his censer [04289], and put [05414] fire [0784] therein [02004], and put [07760] incense [07004] thereon, and offered [07126] strange [02114] fire [0784] before [06440] the LORD [03068], which he commanded [06680] them not.
6 And there were certain men [0582], who were defiled [02931] by the dead body [05315] of a man [0120], that they could [03201] not keep [06213] the passover [06453] on that day [03117]: and they came [07126] before [06440] Moses [04872] and before [06440] Aaron [0175] on that day [03117]:
2 Command [06680] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], that they put out [07971] of the camp [04264] every leper [06879], and every one that hath an issue [02100], and whosoever is defiled [02931] by the dead [05315]:
17 But of the tree [06086] of the knowledge [01847] of good [02896] and evil [07451], thou shalt not eat [0398] of it: for in the day [03117] that thou eatest [0398] thereof thou shalt surely [04191] die [04191].
21 And Eleazar [0499] the priest [03548] said [0559] unto the men [0582] of war [06635] which went [0935] to the battle [04421], This is the ordinance [02708] of the law [08451] which the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872];
2 This is the ordinance [02708] of the law [08451] which the LORD [03068] hath commanded [06680], saying [0559], Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], that they bring [03947] thee a red [0122] heifer [06510] without spot [08549], wherein is no blemish [03971], and upon which never [03808] came [05927] yoke [05923]:
2 Command [06680] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], that they put out [07971] of the camp [04264] every leper [06879], and every one that hath an issue [02100], and whosoever is defiled [02931] by the dead [05315]:
3 Both male [02145] and female [05347] shall ye put out [07971], without [02351] the camp [04264] shall ye put [07971] them; that they defile [02930] not their camps [04264], in the midst [08432] whereof [0834] I dwell [07931].
4 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did so [06213], and put them out [07971] without [02351] the camp [04264]: as the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], so did [06213] the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
10 And he that is the high [01419] priest [03548] among his brethren [0251], upon whose head [07218] the anointing [04888] oil [08081] was poured [03332], and that is consecrated [04390] [03027] to put [03847] on the garments [0899], shall not uncover [06544] his head [07218], nor rend [06533] his clothes [0899];
11 Neither shall he go in [0935] to any dead [04191] body [05315], nor defile [02930] himself for his father [01], or for his mother [0517];
12 Neither shall he go out [03318] of the sanctuary [04720], nor profane [02490] the sanctuary [04720] of his God [0430]; for the crown [05145] of the anointing [04888] oil [08081] of his God [0430] is upon him: I am the LORD [03068].
1 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Speak [0559] unto the priests [03548] the sons [01121] of Aaron [0175], and say [0559] unto them, There shall none be defiled [02930] for the dead [05315] among his people [05971]:
2 But for his kin [07607], that is near [07138] unto him, that is, for his mother [0517], and for his father [01], and for his son [01121], and for his daughter [01323], and for his brother [0251],
3 And for his sister [0269] a virgin [01330], that is nigh [07138] unto him, which hath had no husband [0376]; for her may he be defiled [02930].
4 But he shall not defile [02930] himself, being a chief man [01167] among his people [05971], to profane [02490] himself.
5 They shall not make [07139] baldness [07144] upon their head [07218], neither shall they shave off [01548] the corner [06285] of their beard [02206], nor make [08295] any cuttings [08296] in their flesh [01320].
6 They shall be holy [06944] unto their God [0430], and not profane [02490] the name [08034] of their God [0430]: for the offerings [0801] of the LORD [03068] made by fire [0801], and the bread [03899] of their God [0430], they do offer [07126]: therefore they shall be holy [06918].
10 And he that gathereth [0622] the ashes [0665] of the heifer [06510] shall wash [03526] his clothes [0899], and be unclean [02930] until the even [06153]: and it shall be unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and unto the stranger [01616] that sojourneth [01481] among [08432] them, for a statute [02708] for ever [05769].
11 He that toucheth [05060] the dead [04191] body [05315] of any man [0120] shall be unclean [02930] seven [07651] days [03117].
12 He shall purify [02398] himself with it on the third [07992] day [03117], and on the seventh [07637] day [03117] he shall be clean [02891]: but if he purify [02398] not himself the third [07992] day [03117], then the seventh [07637] day [03117] he shall not be clean [02891].
13 Whosoever toucheth [05060] the dead [04191] body [05315] of any man [0120] that is dead [04191], and purifieth [02398] not himself, defileth [02930] the tabernacle [04908] of the LORD [03068]; and that soul [05315] shall be cut off [03772] from Israel [03478]: because the water [04325] of separation [05079] was not sprinkled [02236] upon him, he shall be unclean [02931]; his uncleanness [02932] is yet upon him.
14 This is the law [08451], when a man [0120] dieth [04191] in a tent [0168]: all that come [0935] into the tent [0168], and all that is in the tent [0168], shall be unclean [02930] seven [07651] days [03117].
15 And every open [06605] vessel [03627], which hath no covering [06781] bound [06616] upon it, is unclean [02931].
16 And whosoever toucheth [05060] one that is slain [02491] with a sword [02719] in the open [06440] fields [07704], or a dead body [04191], or a bone [06106] of a man [0120], or a grave [06913], shall be unclean [02930] seven [07651] days [03117].
17 And for an unclean [02931] person they shall take [03947] of the ashes [06083] of the burnt heifer [08316] of purification for sin [02403], and running [02416] water [04325] shall be put [05414] thereto in a vessel [03627]:
18 And a clean [02889] person [0376] shall take [03947] hyssop [0231], and dip [02881] it in the water [04325], and sprinkle [05137] it upon the tent [0168], and upon all the vessels [03627], and upon the persons [05315] that were there, and upon him that touched [05060] a bone [06106], or one slain [02491], or one dead [04191], or a grave [06913]:
19 And the clean [02889] person shall sprinkle [05137] upon the unclean [02931] on the third [07992] day [03117], and on the seventh [07637] day [03117]: and on the seventh [07637] day [03117] he shall purify [02398] himself, and wash [03526] his clothes [0899], and bathe [07364] himself in water [04325], and shall be clean [02891] at even [06153].
20 But the man [0376] that shall be unclean [02930], and shall not purify [02398] himself, that soul [05315] shall be cut off [03772] from among [08432] the congregation [06951], because he hath defiled [02930] the sanctuary [04720] of the LORD [03068]: the water [04325] of separation [05079] hath not been sprinkled [02236] upon him; he is unclean [02931].
21 And it shall be a perpetual [05769] statute [02708] unto them, that he that sprinkleth [05137] the water [04325] of separation [05079] shall wash [03526] his clothes [0899]; and he that toucheth [05060] the water [04325] of separation [05079] shall be unclean [02930] until even [06153].
22 And whatsoever the unclean [02931] person toucheth [05060] shall be unclean [02930]; and the soul [05315] that toucheth [05060] it shall be unclean [02930] until even [06153].
1 And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872] and unto Aaron [0175], saying [0559],
2 This is the ordinance [02708] of the law [08451] which the LORD [03068] hath commanded [06680], saying [0559], Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], that they bring [03947] thee a red [0122] heifer [06510] without spot [08549], wherein is no blemish [03971], and upon which never [03808] came [05927] yoke [05923]:
3 And ye shall give [05414] her unto Eleazar [0499] the priest [03548], that he may bring her forth [03318] without [02351] the camp [04264], and one shall slay [07819] her before [06440] his face:
4 And Eleazar [0499] the priest [03548] shall take [03947] of her blood [01818] with his finger [0676], and sprinkle [05137] of her blood [01818] directly [05227] before [06440] the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] seven [07651] times [06471]:
5 And one shall burn [08313] the heifer [06510] in his sight [05869]; her skin [05785], and her flesh [01320], and her blood [01818], with her dung [06569], shall he burn [08313]:
6 And the priest [03548] shall take [03947] cedar [0730] wood [06086], and hyssop [0231], and scarlet [08438] [08144], and cast [07993] it into the midst [08432] of the burning [08316] of the heifer [06510].
7 Then the priest [03548] shall wash [03526] his clothes [0899], and he shall bathe [07364] his flesh [01320] in water [04325], and afterward [0310] he shall come [0935] into the camp [04264], and the priest [03548] shall be unclean [02930] until the even [06153].
8 And he that burneth [08313] her shall wash [03526] his clothes [0899] in water [04325], and bathe [07364] his flesh [01320] in water [04325], and shall be unclean [02930] until the even [06153].
9 And a man [0376] that is clean [02889] shall gather [0622] up the ashes [0665] of the heifer [06510], and lay them up [03240] without [02351] the camp [04264] in a clean [02889] place [04725], and it shall be kept [04931] for the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] for a water [04325] of separation [05079]: it is a purification for sin [02403].
10 And he that gathereth [0622] the ashes [0665] of the heifer [06510] shall wash [03526] his clothes [0899], and be unclean [02930] until the even [06153]: and it shall be unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and unto the stranger [01616] that sojourneth [01481] among [08432] them, for a statute [02708] for ever [05769].