Then the priest ... — The Targum of Jonathan refers these words to the priest who killed the heifer, and Ibn Ezra to the priest wh…

What a strange sacrifice this was, for even when it was offered, it seemed to make unclean all those involved with it!

Then the priest shall wash his clothes. At first sight, there seems to be a discrepancy in the facts: the heifer was sacred to God and pur…

Then the priest shall wash his clothes
The Targum of Jonathan has it, "he that slew the cow," and Aben Ezra, the pri…

The heifer was to be entirely burned. This typified the painful sufferings of our Lord Jesus, both in soul and body, as a sacrifice made by fire to…