The Red Heifer

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, — read the full passage →

for if the blood of bulls, and goats, and ashes of an heifer, sprinkling those defiled, doth sanctify to the purifying of the flesh,

`This <FI>is<Fi> a statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they bring unto thee a red cow, a perfect one, in which there is no blemish, on which no yoke hath gone up;

`And a clean man hath gathered the ashes of the cow, and hath placed at the outside of the camp, in a clean place, and it hath become to the company of the sons of Israel a charge for waters of separation--it <FI>is<Fi> a <FI>cleansing<Fi> ;

and the priest hath taken cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and hath cast unto the midst of the burning of the cow;

Purify themselves, yea, make themselves white, yea, refined are many: and the wicked have done wickedly, and none of the wicked understand, and those acting wisely do understand;

how much more shall the blood of the Christ (who through the age-during Spirit did offer himself unblemished to God) purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

neither through blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, did enter in once into the holy places, age-during redemption having obtained;

and they have taken for the unclean person of the ashes of the burning of the <FI>cleansing<Fi> , and he hath put upon it running water unto a vessel;

and ye have given it unto Eleazar the priest, and he hath brought it out unto the outside of the camp, and hath slaughtered it before him.

and <FI>one<Fi> hath burnt the cow before his eyes; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, besides her dung, he doth burn;

and it hath been, the city which <FI>is<Fi> near unto the slain one, even the elders of that city have taken a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, which hath not drawn in the yoke,

And Ephraim <FI>is<Fi> a trained heifer--loving to thresh, And I--I have passed over on the goodness of its neck, I cause <FI>one<Fi> to ride Ephraim, Plough doth Judah, harrow for him doth Jacob.

For as a refractory heifer hath Israel turned aside, Now doth Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.

And the men of the city say to him on the seventh day, before the sun goeth in: --`What <FI>is<Fi> sweeter than honey? And what stronger than a lion?' And he saith to them: `Unless ye had ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.'

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,

for not into holy places made with hands did the Christ enter--figures of the true--but into the heaven itself, now to be manifested in the presence of God for us;

and he who is gathering the ashes of the heifer hath washed his garments, and is unclean till the evening; and it hath been to the sons of Israel, and to the sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, for a statute age-during.

Therefore I give a portion to him among the many, And with the mighty he apportioneth spoil, Because that he exposed to death his soul, And with transgressors he was numbered, And he the sin of many hath borne, And for transgressors he intercedeth.

Any one who is coming against the dead, against the body of man who dieth, and cleanseth not himself--the tabernacle of Jehovah he hath defiled, and that person hath been cut off from Israel, for water of separation is not sprinkled upon him; he is unclean; his uncleanness <FI>is<Fi> still upon him.

`And Eleazar the priest hath taken of its blood with his finger, and hath sprinkled over-against the front of the tent of meeting of her blood seven times;

And He saith unto him, `Take for Me a heifer of three years, and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years, and a turtle-dove, and a young bird;'

A heifer very fair <FI>is<Fi> Egypt, Rending from the north doth come into her.

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

for if the blood of bulls, and goats, and ashes of an heifer, sprinkling those defiled, doth sanctify to the purifying of the flesh, — read the full passage →

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

It had, indeed, then (even the first tabernacle) ordinances of service, also a worldly sanctuary, — read the full passage →

who is opposing and is raising himself up above all called God or worshipped, so that he in the sanctuary of God as God hath sat down, shewing himself off that he is God--<FI> the day doth not come<Fi> .

`And the clean hath sprinkled <FI>it<Fi> on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day, and hath cleansed him on the seventh day, and he hath washed his garments, and hath bathed with water, and hath been clean in the evening.

and the priest hath washed his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and afterwards doth come in unto the camp, and the priest is unclean till the evening;

`And it hath been to them for a statute age-during, that he who is sprinkling the water of separation doth wash his garments, and he who is coming against the water of separation is unclean till the evening,

and the elders of that city have brought down the heifer unto a hard valley, which is not tilled nor sown, and have beheaded there the heifer in the valley.

`When one is found slain on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it--fallen in a field--it is not known who hath smitten him, — read the full passage →

`And the man who is unclean, and doth not cleanse himself, even that person hath been cut off from the midst of the assembly; for the sanctuary of Jehovah he hath defiled; water of separation is not sprinkled upon him; he <FI>is<Fi> unclean.

`And every one who cometh, on the face of the field, against the pierced of a sword, or against the dead, or against a bone of man, or against a grave, is unclean seven days;

and he who is burning it doth wash his garments with water, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and is unclean till the evening.

`This <FI>is<Fi> a statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they bring unto thee a red cow, a perfect one, in which there is no blemish, on which no yoke hath gone up; — read the full passage →

he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

and this good news of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end arrive.

Because thou rejoicest, because thou exultest, O spoilers of Mine inheritance, Because thou increasest as a heifer <FI>at<Fi> the tender grass, And dost cry aloud as bulls,

and all the elders of that city, who are near unto the slain one, do wash their hands over the heifer which is beheaded in the valley,

`He who is coming against the dead body of any man--is unclean seven days;

Wherefore, also Jesus--that he might sanctify through <FI>his<Fi> own blood the people--without the gate did suffer;

only in victuals, and drinks, and different baptisms, and fleshly ordinances--till the time of reformation imposed upon <FI>them<Fi> .

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

Because of the cry of Heshbon unto Elealeh, Unto Jahaz they have given their voice, From Zoar unto Horonaim, A heifer of the third <FI>year<Fi> , For even waters of Nimrim become desolations.

And Samuel saith, `How do I go? when Saul hath heard, then he hath slain me.' And Jehovah saith, `A heifer of the herd thou dost take in thy hand, and hast said, To sacrifice to Jehovah I have come;

and every open vessel which hath no covering of thread upon it is unclean.

`This <FI>is<Fi> the law, when a man dieth in a tent: every one who is coming in unto the tent, and all that <FI>is<Fi> in the tent, is unclean seven days;

he doth cleanse himself for it on the third day, and on the seventh day he is clean; and if he cleanse not himself on the third day, then on the seventh day he is not clean.

Lo, I am making Jerusalem a cup of reeling To all the peoples round about, And also against Judah it is, In the siege against Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

And he bringeth me in unto the temple, and he measureth the posts, six cubits the breadth on this side, and six cubits the breadth on that side--the breadth of the tent. — read the full passage →

`Wherefore <FI>is<Fi> thy clothing red? And thy garments as treading in a wine fat?'

My heart <FI>is<Fi> toward Moab, Cry do her fugitives unto Zoar, a heifer of the third <FI>year<Fi> , For--the ascent of Luhith--With weeping he goeth up in it, For, in the way of Horonaim, A cry of destruction they wake up.

`And now, take and make one new cart, and two suckling kine, on which a yoke hath not gone up, and ye have bound the kine in the cart, and caused their young ones to turn back from after them to the house,

every thing which may go into fire, ye cause to pass over through fire, and it hath been clean; only, with the water of separation it is cleansed, and all that may not go into fire, ye cause to pass over through water;

and all against which the unclean person cometh is unclean, and the person who is coming against <FI>it<Fi> is unclean till the evening.'

`This <FI>is<Fi> a statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they bring unto thee a red cow, a perfect one, in which there is no blemish, on which no yoke hath gone up; — read the full passage →

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, — read the full passage →

`And thus thou dost to them to cleanse them: sprinkle upon them waters of atonement, and they have caused a razor to pass over all their flesh, and have washed their garments, and cleansed themselves,

and the priest hath commanded, and he hath taken for him who is to be cleansed, two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

and the priest hath dipped his finger in the blood, and hath sprinkled seven times before Jehovah at the front of the vail,

and the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, thou dost burn with fire at the outside of the camp; it <FI>is<Fi> a sin-offering.

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw out of the sea a beast coming up, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon its horns ten diadems, and upon its heads a name of evil speaking, — read the full passage →

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying: — read the full passage →

And Jehovah hath delighted to bruise him, He hath made him sick, If his soul doth make an offering for guilt, He seeth seed--he prolongeth days, And the pleasure of Jehovah in his hand doth prosper.

Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!

and a clean person hath taken hyssop, and hath dipped <FI>it<Fi> in water, and hath sprinkled on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on the persons who have been there, and on him who is coming against a bone, or against one pierced, or against the dead, or against a grave. — read the full passage →

and they have taken for the unclean person of the ashes of the burning of the <FI>cleansing<Fi> , and he hath put upon it running water unto a vessel; — read the full passage →

nothing in which <FI>is<Fi> blemish do ye bring near, for it is not for a pleasing thing for you. — read the full passage →

when the sin which they have sinned concerning it hath been known, then have the assembly brought near a bullock, a son of the herd, for a sin-offering, and they have brought it in before the tent of meeting;

and the priest hath dipped his finger in the blood, and sprinkled of the blood seven times before Jehovah, at the front of the vail of the sanctuary;

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

`And ye have separated the sons of Israel from their uncleanness, and they die not in their uncleanness, in their defiling My tabernacle which <FI>is<Fi> in their midst.

And Christ being come, chief priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands--that is, not of this creation--

And we ask you, brethren, in regard to the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together unto him, — read the full passage →

And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace <FI>is<Fi> on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his several ability, went abroad immediately.

To the Overseer, on `The Hind of the Morning.' --A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring? — read the full passage →

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

let not any one deceive you in any manner, because--if the falling away may not come first, and the man of sin be revealed--the son of the destruction, — read the full passage →

and Jesus said to them, `Do ye not see all these? verily I say to you, There may not be left here a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.'

and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen--

`And the priest hath commanded, and he hath slaughtered the one bird upon an earthen vessel, over running water;