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| 1 And Yahweh spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: |
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| 2 This, is the statute of the law, which Yahweh hath commanded, saying,–Speak unto the sons of Israel–That they bring unto thee a red heifer, without defect, wherein is no blemish, and whereupon hath come no yoke. |
Red heifer – Type of the Ancient Worthies; red to teach that they were not sinless, a heifer instead of a bullock to show that it was not one of the sacrifices of the Day of Atonement. T106, T111; R4389:1
They were justified by faith--red represents the blood of Christ--they caught a glimpse of Christ's day. R1872:1
Never came yoke – Showing that the Ancient Worthies were justified, made free from the Law covenant, thus to "obtain a good report through faith." (Heb. 11:39) T110
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| 3 Then shall ye give her unto Eleazar the priest, and he shall take her forth unto the outside of the camp, and she shall be slain, before him; |
Eleazar the priest – Probably typifying the Apostle Paul. The name Eleazar signifies "Helped by God." T110
And one – Not a priest, showing that the sacrifice did not in any sense of the word represent the sacrifices of the Gospel age. T106
Before his face – Representing that one of the underpriests would so recognize and approve the sacrifices of the Ancient Worthies; as the Apostle Paul has done in the eleventh chapter of Hebrews. T110
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| 4 and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood, with his finger,–and shall sprinkle, towards the front of the tent of meeting, of her blood, seven times; |
Before the tabernacle – Showing that their lives were in full harmony with the Tabernacle conditions. T110
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| 5 and the heifer shall be burned up before his eyes,–her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall be burned up. |
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| 6 Then shall the priest take cedar-wood, and hyssop and crimson,–and cast into the midst of the burning up of the heifer. |
Take cedar wood – Representing the gift of everlasting life to them. T109
And hyssop – Representing the purging or cleansing of truth. T109
And scarlet – Representing that they were justified or accepted by the blood of the cross. T109
Cast It – The ignominy heaped on the Ancient Worthies permitted the merit of the blood, the cleansing of the truth and everlasting life, to be accounted to them through faith. T110
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| 7 And the priest shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterwards, come into the camp,–but the priest shall be unclean until the evening. |
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| 8 And, he that burneth her, shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water,–and be unclean, until the evening. |
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| 9 Then shall a man that is clean gather up the ashes of the heifer, and put them by, outside the camp, in a clean place,–so shall they be for the assembly of the sons of Israel, to keep for water of separation, it is, a taking away of sin. |
Gather up the ashes – Representing the knowledge and remembrance of their faithfulness unto death. T108
The instructions of the Ancient Worthies. T112
In a clean place – Picturing the store of blessings, instructions and help by which the Ancient Worthies will assist in the restitution work. T111
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| 10 Then shall he that gathered up the ashes wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening,–so shall it be for the sons of Israel, and for the sojourner that sojourneth in your midst, by a statute age-abiding. |
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| 11 He that toucheth the dead, even any human person, shall be unclean seven days. |
The dead body – Representing Adamic death. T111
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| 12 He, shall cleanse himself from sin therewith, on the third day, then, on the seventh day, shall he be clean,–but, if he cleanse not himself from sin on the third day, then, on the seventh day, shall he not be clean. |
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| 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead, the person of the human being that dieth, and doth not cleanse himself from sin, the habitation of Yahweh, hath he made unclean; that person, therefore, shall be cut off out of Israel,–because, the water of separation, was not dashed upon him, unclean, shall he be, his uncleanness is yet, upon him. |
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| 14 This, is the law–When, a human being, shall die in a tent, every one who goeth into the tent, and every one who is in the tent, shall be unclean, seven days. |
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| 15 And, in the case of every open vessel, on which no cover is fastened, unclean, it is. |
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| 16 And, whosoever toucheth, on the face of the field, one slain with a sword, or one who hath died, or a human bone, or a grave, shall be unclean, seven days. |
Toucheth . . . a grave – Ordinary graves were covered with a stone slab and whitewashed lest someone tread upon them and be defiled. R5952:3
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| 17 And they shall take, for him that is unclean, of the ashes of the burning of the sin-bearer,–and living water shall be put thereon, in a vessel. |
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| 18 Then shall a man that is clean, take hyssop, and dip in the water, and sprinkle upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons who were there,–and upon him that touched the bone, or him who had been slain, or him who had died of himself, or the grave; |
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| 19 and the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean, on the third day, and on the seventh day,–so shall he cleanse himself from sin, on the seventh day, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be clean in the evening. |
In water – Symbol of truth. T112
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| 20 But, in the case of the man who shall be unclean and shall not cleanse himself from sin, that person, shall be cut off, out of the midst of the convocation,–for, the sanctuary of Yahweh, hath he made unclean, the water of separation, hath not been dashed upon him, unclean, he is. |
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| 21 So shall it be unto them for statute age-abiding,–and, he that sprinkleth the water of separation, shall wash his clothes, and, he that toucheth the water of separation, shall be unclean until the evening; |
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| 22 and, whatsoever the unclean person toucheth, shall be unclean,–and, the person who toucheth it, shall be unclean until the evening. |
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