King James Version
Numbers 19:5 in the King James Version says “And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:”
Numbers 19:5 · KJV
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:
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:
And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet , and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.
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properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“in his sight”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and her flesh”
H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and her blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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