4 Then Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the tent of meeting.

Other Translations of Numbers 19:4

King James Version

4 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:

English Standard Version

4 And Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and sprinkle some of its blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times.

The Message

4 Eleazar will take some of the blood on his finger and splash it seven times in the direction of the Tent of Meeting.

New King James Version

4 and Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and sprinkle some of its blood seven times directly in front of the tabernacle of meeting.

New Living Translation

4 Eleazar will take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tabernacle.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 19:4

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.