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The Paradox of Purification
Commentators find it strange that the sacrifice meant for cleansing actually made the priest unclean. Scholars like John Calvin explain this paradox: because the heifer symbolically took on the impurity it was meant to cleanse, it defiled those who handled it. This powerfully demonstrated the contaminating nature of sin.
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Charles Ellicott
On Numbers 19:7
19th Century
Bishop
Then the priest ... — The Targum of Jonathan refers these words to the priest who killed the heifer, and Ibn Ezra to the priest wh…
Charles Spurgeon
On Numbers 19:7
19th Century
Preacher
What a strange sacrifice this was, for even when it was offered, it seemed to make unclean all those involved with it!
John Calvin
On Numbers 19:7
16th Century
Theologian
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…
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John Gill
On Numbers 19:7
17th Century
Pastor
Then the priest shall wash his clothes
The Targum of Jonathan has it, "he that slew the cow," and Aben Ezra, the pri…
Matthew Henry
On Numbers 19:1–10
17th Century
Minister
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…