Numbers 19:1
Other Translations of Numbers 19:1
King James Version
The Purification of the Unclean
191 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
English Standard Version
The Purification of the Unclean
191 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
The Message
The Purification of the Unclean
191 God spoke to Moses and Aaron:
New King James Version
The Purification of the Unclean
191 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
New Living Translation
The Purification of the Unclean
191 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 19:1
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.