KJV ORIGINAL
And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Someone must burn the entire cow while he watches - the skin, meat, blood, and even the dung must all be burned together.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse describes part of a ceremonial ritual where a red heifer was completely burned as part of God's instructions for purification.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of the ritual of the red heifer described in Numbers 19, which was used to create ashes for purifying people who had become ceremonially unclean by touching a dead body. The high priest Eleazar oversaw this ceremony, which took place outside the camp of Israel. This was one of the most mysterious rituals in Jewish law, and even King Solomon said it was beyond his understanding.
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