Numbers 19:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

ordinance. statute. The whole clause. Figure of speech Pleonasm (App-6), for emphasizing the lesson of the red heifer.

children. sons.

bring. take. This is the third of three events recorded during the punishment wanderings. See note on "while", Numbers 15:32.

a red heifer. Christ, the Antitype.

without spot. without defect. Compare the Antitype. Hebrews 9:14.

no blemish. Compare 1 Peter 1:19.

Numbers 19:2

2 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: