3 Give it to Eleazar the priest; it is to be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.
3 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:
3 And you shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be taken outside the camp and slaughtered before him.
3 Present it to Eleazar the priest, then take it outside the camp and butcher it while he looks on.
3 You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, that he may take it outside the camp, and it shall be slaughtered before him;
3 Give it to Eleazar the priest, and it will be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 19:3
Commentary on Numbers 19:1-10
(Read Numbers 19:1-10)
The 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 as a purification for sin, because, though they were only to purify from ceremonial uncleanness, yet they were a type of that purification for sin which our Lord Jesus made by his death. The blood of Christ is laid up for us in the word and sacraments, as a fountain of merit, to which by faith we may have constant recourse, for cleansing our consciences.