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Numbers 19:4

King James Version (KJV)

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Numbers 19:4

Verse 4 of 22

Scripture focus

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:

Numbers 19:4 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 19:4

Theological / Devotional

Sprinkle of her blood. Eleazar took of the blood as in an expiatory sacrifice (Lev. 4:6), and then sprinkled it in the direction of the tabernacle, toward the presence of God.

Seven times. The number of perfection (see Lev. 4:17), and thereby symbolically denoting the perfection of the expiation. The “dead works” of Heb. 9:13, 14 may be a reference to the frequent use of the ashes of the dead heifer to cleanse defilement. “Dead works” are a weight removed by true repentance. There is no spiritual life in them, and one cannot serve a living God with “dead works,” the fruits of spiritual death. “Dead works” must be cleansed by the blood of Christ, and His life accepted as a renewing agency.

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