KJV ORIGINAL
And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Then Eleazar the priest must take some of the cow's blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the meeting tent.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse describes a specific ritual where the priest sprinkles blood seven times as part of a purification ceremony.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of the red heifer ritual described in Numbers 19, which was used to create purification water for cleansing people who had become ceremonially unclean through contact with death. Eleazar was Aaron's son and served as high priest after his father's death. The tabernacle (meeting tent) was the portable sanctuary where God's presence dwelt among the Israelites during their wilderness journey.
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