Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 19:5
And [one] shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
To signify the sharp and grievous sufferings of Christ for our sins.
Her blood; all of it but what was spent in sprinkling.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And [one] shall burn the heifer in his sight,…. Another priest, as the Targum of Jonathan, Eleazar looking on, as that expresses it; the Jews say g, that when the priest came to the mount of Olives, accompanied by the elders of Israel, before he burnt the cow, he dipped himself in a dipping place there; and the wood being laid there in order, wood of cedar, ash, fir, and fig trees, made in the form of a tower, with holes opened in it (to put in the fire, and that it might burn the quicker), and its aspect being to the west, he bound the cow, and laid her upon the pile, with her head to the south, and her face to the west; and then having slain it, and sprinkled its blood, as before related, he set fire to it by the help of some small wood: the burning of it may signify the dolorous sufferings of Christ, when the wrath of God was poured forth like fire upon him; the same was signified by roasting the passover lamb:
her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn; which may denote the extent of Christ’s sufferings, reaching to all parts of his body, skin, flesh, and blood, and the shame and reproach that attended them, signified by dung; as well as how impure and accursed he was accounted when he was made sin for his people, bore their sins and suffered for them, even not in body only, but in his soul also; for his soul as well as his body were made an offering for sin.
g Misn. Parah, c. 3. sect. 7, 8, 9.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
5. Shall burn the heifer The burning was not the means adopted to dispose of the victim in a fitting manner; it must have had a svmbolical significance looking toward expiation.
And her blood This, instead of being poured at the foot of the altar, was to be burned, in order to strengthen the ashes with its incombustible ingredients. Lev 4:12.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
The Remains of the Heifer to be Totally Burnt Before His Eyes ( Num 19:5 ).
Num 19:5
“ And one shall burn the heifer in his sight, her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, will he burn.”
The whole of the heifer, even the dung (this was because it represented total death), was then to be burnt to ashes by a member of the congregation of Israel in the very presence of Eleazar who was to act as witness to what was done. All the proprieties had to be observed. Even the blood was to be burned. It had its essential part to play among the ashes for application to those tainted by death who were to be cleansed, restored to the covenant and re-sanctified (Exo 24:8; Exo 29:21; Lev 14:51).
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Who doth not see here the shadowy representation of those extreme sufferings of our LORD, when in the day of expiation he made an offering by fire; when the wrath of GOD, taking vengeance of our sins in his sacred person, scorched and burnt, until in his agony he cried out, “My GOD, my GOD, why hast thou forsaken me!” Mat 27:46 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Num 19:5 And [one] shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
Ver. 5. Shall he burn. ] To set forth Christ’s ardent love and bitter sufferings. Love itself is a passion, and delights to express itself by suffering for the party beloved.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
burn. Hebrew. saraph. See App-43.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Exo 29:14, Lev 4:11, Lev 4:12, Lev 4:21, Psa 22:14, Isa 53:10
Reciprocal: Lev 7:8 – skin
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Num 19:5-6. One shall burn the heifer in his sight This typified the extreme sufferings of our Lord, both in soul and body, as a sacrifice made by fire. Cedar-wood, hyssop, and scarlet These were used in the cleansing of lepers, (Lev 14:6-7,) and were all here burned, and, as it were, offered to God, that they might be sanctified to this holy use in future.