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

Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, "This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses:

being only (with meats and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.

A red heifer

As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water.

"Come now, and let us reason together," says Yahweh: "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as 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 washed us from our sins by his blood;

No blemish

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:

But whatever has a blemish, that you shall not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

You say also, 'Behold, what a weariness it is!' and you have sniffed at it," says Yahweh of Armies; "and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?" says Yahweh.

The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

but with precious blood, as of a faultless and pure lamb, the blood of Christ;

who did not sin, "neither was deceit found in his mouth."

Upon which

and it shall be, that the city which is nearest to the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hasn't been worked with, and which has not drawn in the yoke;

"Now therefore take and prepare yourselves a new cart, and two milk cows, on which there has come no yoke; and tie the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;

The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up on my neck; he has made my strength to fail: The Lord has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.

Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,