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Selected Verse: Numbers 19:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 19:3 |
Strong Concordance |
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: |
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King James |
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: |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest that he may bring her forth without the camp--He was the second or deputy high priest, and he was selected for this duty because the execution of it entailed temporary defilement, from which the acting high priest was to be preserved with the greatest care. It was led "forth without the camp," in accordance with the law regarding victims laden with the sins of the people, and thus typical of Christ (Heb 13:12; also Lev 24:14). The priest was to sprinkle the blood "seven times" before--literally, "towards" or "near" the tabernacle, a description which seems to imply either that he carried a portion of the blood in a basin to the door of the tabernacle (Lev 4:17), or that in the act of sprinkling he turned his face towards the sacred edifice, being disqualified through the defiling influence of this operation from approaching close to it. By this attitude he indicated that he was presenting an expiatory sacrifice, for the acceptance of which he hoped, in the grace of God, by looking to the mercy seat. Every part of it was consumed by fire except the blood used in sprinkling, and the ingredients mixed with the ashes were the same as those employed in the sprinkling of lepers (Lev 14:4-7). It was a water of separation--that is, of "sanctification" for the people of Israel. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The work would necessarily require a priest; yet as it rendered him unclean for the day Num 19:22, the high priest was relieved from performing it.
Without the camp - The defilement was viewed as transferred to the victim that was to be offered for its removal. Under these circumstances the victim, like the defiled persons themselves, would be removed outside the camp. The particular pollution to be remedied by this ordinance was the indirect one resulting from contact with tokens and manifestations of sin, not the direct and personal one arising from actual commission of sin. So too the sinless antitype had to bear the reproach of associating with sinners Luk 5:30; Luk 15:2. And as the red heifer was expelled from the precincts of the camp, so was the Saviour cut off in no small measure during His Life from the fellowship of the chief representatives of the theocracy, and put to death outside Jerusalem between two thieves. Compare Heb 13:11-12. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Eleazar - Who was the second priest, and in some cases, the deputy of the high - priest. To him, not to Aaron, because this service made him unclean for a season, and consequently unfit for holy ministrations, whereas the high - priest was, as far as possibly he could, to be preserved from all sorts of defilement, fit for his high and holy work. Without the camp - Partly because it was reputed an unclean and accursed thing, being laden with the sins of all the people; and partly to signify that Christ should suffer without the camp, in the place where malefactors suffered. |
4 Then shall the priest [03548] command [06680] to take [03947] for him that is to be cleansed [02891] two [08147] birds [06833] alive [02416] and clean [02889], and cedar [0730] wood [06086], and scarlet [08144] [08438], and hyssop [0231]:
5 And the priest [03548] shall command [06680] that one [0259] of the birds [06833] be killed [07819] in an earthen [02789] vessel [03627] over running [02416] water [04325]:
6 As for the living [02416] bird [06833], he shall take [03947] it, and the cedar [0730] wood [06086], and the scarlet [08144] [08438], and the hyssop [0231], and shall dip [02881] them and the living [02416] bird [06833] in the blood [01818] of the bird [06833] that was killed [07819] over the running [02416] water [04325]:
7 And he shall sprinkle [05137] upon him that is to be cleansed [02891] from the leprosy [06883] seven [07651] times [06471], and shall pronounce him clean [02891], and shall let the living [02416] bird [06833] loose [07971] into the open [06440] field [07704].
17 And the priest [03548] shall dip [02881] his finger [0676] in some of the blood [01818], and sprinkle [05137] it seven [07651] times [06471] before [06440] the LORD [03068], even before [06440] the vail [06532].
14 Bring forth [03318] him that hath cursed [07043] without [02351] the camp [04264]; and let all that heard [08085] him lay [05564] their hands [03027] upon his head [07218], and let all the congregation [05712] stone [07275] him.
12 Wherefore [1352] Jesus [2424] also [2532], that [2443] he might sanctify [37] the people [2992] with [1223] his own [2398] blood [129], suffered [3958] without [1854] the gate [4439].
11 For [1063] the bodies [4983] of those [5130] beasts [2226], whose [3739] blood [129] is brought [1533] into [1519] the sanctuary [39] by [1223] the high priest [749] for [4012] sin [266], are burned [2618] without [1854] the camp [3925].
12 Wherefore [1352] Jesus [2424] also [2532], that [2443] he might sanctify [37] the people [2992] with [1223] his own [2398] blood [129], suffered [3958] without [1854] the gate [4439].
2 And [2532] the Pharisees [5330] and [2532] scribes [1122] murmured [1234], saying [3004], This man [3754] [3778] receiveth [4327] sinners [268], and [2532] eateth [4906] with them [846].
30 But [2532] their [846] scribes [1122] and [2532] Pharisees [5330] murmured [1111] against [4314] his [846] disciples [3101], saying [3004], Why [1302] do ye eat [2068] and [2532] drink [4095] with [3326] publicans [5057] and [2532] sinners [268]?
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].