The Meaning of Numbers 19:5 Explained

Numbers 19:5

KJV: And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:

YLT: and one hath burnt the cow before his eyes; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, besides her dung, he doth burn;

Darby: And one shall burn the heifer before his eyes; its skin and its flesh, and its blood, with its dung, shall he burn.

ASV: And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And [one] shall burn  the heifer  in his sight;  her skin,  and her flesh,  and her blood,  with her dung,  shall he burn: 

What does Numbers 19:5 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 19:1-22 - Purification For Uncleanness
We might have expected this chapter to occur in Leviticus. Is it not incongruous in this narrative of the pilgrimage? Nay; this is the most appropriate place, since in the desert march we are more exposed to the touch of defilement, such as needs daily cleansing, lest we be shut out from fellowship with God.
The ashes of an heifer are emblematic of the work of our Lord. See Hebrews 9:13. No blemish; never a yoke; "slain without the camp," counted an unclean thing! It was easy for the Jew to contract ceremonial defilement. To walk over a grave was enough. But the ashes of the heifer mingled with spring-or running-water restored the polluted soul to the family and the Tabernacle. So as we confess our sins, we are sprinkled from an evil conscience, we are restored to unity with God and His people, and we walk in newness of life.
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Chapter Summary: Numbers 19

1  The water of separation made of the ashes of a red heifer
11  The law for the use of it in purification of the unclean

What do the individual words in Numbers 19:5 mean?

And shall be burned - the heifer in his sight its hide and its flesh its blood and its offal shall be burned
וְשָׂרַ֥ף אֶת־ הַפָּרָ֖ה לְעֵינָ֑יו עֹרָ֤הּ וְאֶת־ בְּשָׂרָהּ֙ דָּמָ֔הּ עַל־ פִּרְשָׁ֖הּ יִשְׂרֹֽף

וְשָׂרַ֥ף  And  shall  be  burned 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׂרַף  
Sense: to burn.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הַפָּרָ֖ה  the  heifer 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: פָּרָה  
Sense: cow, heifer.
לְעֵינָ֑יו  in  his  sight 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, cdc, third person masculine singular
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.
עֹרָ֤הּ  its  hide 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: עֹור  
Sense: skin, hide.
בְּשָׂרָהּ֙  its  flesh 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
דָּמָ֔הּ  its  blood 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: דָּם  
Sense: blood.
פִּרְשָׁ֖הּ  its  offal 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: פֶּרֶשׁ  
Sense: faecal matter, dung, offal.
יִשְׂרֹֽף  shall  be  burned 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׂרַף  
Sense: to burn.

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