The Red Heifer
Numbers 19:3
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.
- 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:
- WEB
- You shall give her to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her outside of the camp, and one shall kill her before his face.
- ASV
- And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:
- LSV
- and you have given it to Eleazar the priest, and he has brought it out to the outside of the camp, and has slaughtered it before him.
- YLT
- and ye have given it unto Eleazar the priest, and he hath brought it out unto the outside of the camp, and hath slaughtered it before him.
- DBY
- and ye shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring it outside the camp, and one shall slaughter it before him.
- DRC
- And you shall deliver her to Eleazar the priest, who shall bring her forth without the camp, and shall immolate her in the sight of all:
- GNV
- And ye shall giue her vnto Eleazar ye Priest, that hee may bring her without the hoste, and cause her to be slaine before his face.
- JPS
- And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, and she shall be brought forth without the camp, and she shall be slain before his face.
- LXXE
- And thou shalt give her to Eleazar the priest; and they shall bring her out of the camp into a clean place, and shall kill her before his face.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וּנְתַתֶּ֣ם אֹתָ֔הּ אֶל־אֶלְעָזָ֖ר הַכֹּהֵ֑ן וְהוֹצִ֤יא אֹתָהּ֙ אֶל־מִח֣וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וְשָׁחַ֥ט אֹתָ֖הּ לְפָנָֽיו׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ δώσεις αὐτὴν πρὸς Ἐλεάζαρ τὸν ἱερέα· καὶ ἐξάξουσιν αὐτὴν ἔξω τῆς παρεμβολῆς εἰς τόπον καθαρὸν, καὶ σφάξουσιν αὐτὴν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
HeiferWater of separationRed HeiferSeparationCleanBath, BathingCorpseRed Heifer, TheSprinkle; SprinklingWater
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Cross-references most cited first
- Leviticus 4:12all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place where the ashes are poured out, and there he must burn it on a wood fire on the ash heap.
- Leviticus 4:21Then he is to take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.
- Leviticus 16:27The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung must be burned up.
- Hebrews 13:11–13Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp. And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His…
- Leviticus 13:45–46A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place…
- Leviticus 24:14“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.
- Numbers 15:36So the whole congregation took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Numbers 5:2“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.
- Numbers 3:4Nadab and Abihu, however, died in the presence of the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai. And since they had no sons, only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during…
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