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THE ASHES OF AN HEIFER SPRINKLING THE UNCLEAN (Numbers 19:1-22).
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Numbers 19:1-22
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Matthew Henry on Numbers 19:1-10Numbers 19:1-10 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThe heifer was to be wholly burned. This typified the painful sufferings of our Lord Jesus, both in soul and body, as a sacrifice made by fire, to satisfy God's justice for man's sin. These ashes are said to be laid up…The Ashes of Purification. (b. c. 1471.)Numbers 19:1-10 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE ASHES OF PURIFICATION. (B. C. 1471.) We have here the divine appointment concerning the solemn burning of a red heifer to ashes, and the preserving of the ashes, that of them might be made, not a beautifying, but a…The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 19:1Numbers 19:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryAnd the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron. On the addition of the second name see on Numbers 18:1. There is no note of time in connection with this chapter, but internal evidence points strongly to the supposition th…The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 19:1-22Numbers 19:1-22 · The Pulpit CommentaryTHE REMEDY OF DEATH We have in this chapter, spiritually, death, and the remedy for death. Death is treated of not as the mere physical change which is the end of life, nor as the social and domestic loss which breaks s…The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 19:1-22Numbers 19:1-22 · The Pulpit CommentaryTHE WATER OF PURIFICATION, AND ITS LESSONS The extreme difficulty of applying the details of this chapter to the spiritual truths of which they were a shadow forbids us attempting more than a general application of the…The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 19:1-22Numbers 19:1-22 · The Pulpit CommentaryDEFILEMENT FROM THE DEAD In the laws given to the Israelites there is much said concerning uncleanness. The ceremonial difference between the unclean and the clean sets forth the real difference between the sinful and t…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Numbers 19:1-10The heifer was to be wholly burned. This typified the painful sufferings of our Lord Jesus, both in soul and body, as a sacrifice made by fire, to satisfy God's justice for man's sin. These ashes are said to be laid up…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Ashes of Purification. (b. c. 1471.)THE ASHES OF PURIFICATION. (B. C. 1471.) We have here the divine appointment concerning the solemn burning of a red heifer to ashes, and the preserving of the ashes, that of them might be made, not a beautifying, but a…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 19:1-22DEFILEMENT FROM THE DEAD In the laws given to the Israelites there is much said concerning uncleanness. The ceremonial difference between the unclean and the clean sets forth the real difference between the sinful and t…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 19:1And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron. On the addition of the second name see on Numbers 18:1. There is no note of time in connection with this chapter, but internal evidence points strongly to the supposition th…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 19:1-22THE REMEDY OF DEATH We have in this chapter, spiritually, death, and the remedy for death. Death is treated of not as the mere physical change which is the end of life, nor as the social and domestic loss which breaks s…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 19:1-22THE WATER OF PURIFICATION, AND ITS LESSONS The extreme difficulty of applying the details of this chapter to the spiritual truths of which they were a shadow forbids us attempting more than a general application of the…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 19:2This is the ordinance of the law. חֻקַּת הַתּוֹרָה. Law-statute: an unusual combination only found elsewhere in Numbers 31:21, which also concerns legal purifications. A red heifer. This offering was obviously intended,…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 19:3Unto Eleazar the priest. Possibly in order that Aaron himself might not be associated with dearly, even in this indirect way (see Numbers 19:6). In after times, however, it was usually the high priest who officiated on…Joseph S. Exell and contributors