Numbers 19:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:

The ordinance

Numbers 31:21

Hebrews 9:10

A red heifer

Leviticus 14:6

Isaiah 1:18

Revelation 1:5

No blemish

1 Peter 2:22

Upon which

Philippians 2:6

Bible References

The ordinance

Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle, “This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded Moses:

since they relate only to food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until a time of reformation.

A red heifer

As for the live bird, he shall take it together with the cedar wood and the scarlet string and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was slain over the running water.

“Come now, and let us reason together,”
Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are as scarlet,
They will be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They will be like wool.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—

No blemish

Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it will not be accepted for you.

You also say, ‘My, how tiresome it is!’ And you disdainfully sniff at it,” says the Lord of hosts, “and you bring what was taken by robbery and what is lame or sick; so you bring the offering! Should I receive that from your hand?” says the Lord.

The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God.

For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens;

but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.

who

committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth;

Upon which

It shall be that the city which is nearest to the slain man, that is, the elders of that city, shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked and which has not pulled in a yoke;

Now therefore, take and prepare a new cart and two milch cows on which there has never been a yoke; and hitch the cows to the cart and take their calves home, away from them.

“The yoke of my transgressions is bound;
By His hand they are knit together.
They have come upon my neck;
He has made my strength fail.
The Lord has given me into the hands
Of those against whom I am not able to stand.

For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again.

who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped,