Directly before the tabernacle, <\/B>or, towards or over against the tabernacle<\/I>; either, <\/P>
1. Near to it; and so we must suppose that he took some of the blood in a basin, and carried it from without the camp to the tabernacle, and then returned to this place again; which might be done, though it be not here expressed. And this seems to agree best with other places, where this sprinkling seven times was performed in or near the tabernacle, as Lev 4:17<\/span>. Or, <\/P> 2. Standing at a good distance from it, even without the camp, yet turning and looking towards it. For here is no intimation that he went into the camp before this work was done, but rather the contrary is implied, Num 19:7<\/span>. And because being defiled by this work he could not come near to the tabernacle, it was sufficient for him to turn and took towards it. Either way this posture signified his presenting of this blood before the Lord by way of atonement and satisfaction for his and the peoples sins, and his expectation of acceptance and pardon only from God, and from his mercy-seat in the tabernacle. <\/P> <\/p>\n And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger<\/strong>,…. He took the blood in his left hand, and sprinkled it with the finger of his right hand, as Maimonides says a; and so the Targum of Jonathan, which says, he did not receive it into a vessel, but into the palm of his hand, and from thence sprinkled it with his finger b: which Ainsworth thinks signified the Spirit of Christ, our high priest, called “the finger of God”, Lu 11:20<\/span>; who takes the blood of Christ, and sprinkles it on the hearts of his people, whereby they are freed from an evil conscience:<\/p>\n and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times<\/strong>; or “towards the tabernacle”, so Noldius c; as sprinkling of the blood was the principal action in sacrifices, this was to be done directly before the tabernacle, from whence its purifying virtue was expected, though it was not shed in it, that it might have all the appearance of a sacrifice it could have; and being done seven times, denotes the perfection of it: the priest, when he sprinkled, stood on the east side, with his face to the west. When the temple was built at Jerusalem, this affair was transacted on the mount of Olives, which was east of Jerusalem. Jarchi says, the priest stood in the east of Jerusalem, and placed himself so that he might see the door of the temple at the time of sprinkling the blood. Now it appears, as Maimonides says d, that the floor of the temple was higher than the floor of the eastern gate of the mountain of the house twenty two cubits, and the height of the gate of the mountain of the house was twenty cubits; wherefore one that stood over against the eastern gate could not see the door of the temple, therefore they made the wall, which was over the top of this gate (the battlement of it), low, so that he (the priest), that stood on the mount of Olives, might see the door of the temple, at the time he sprinkled the blood of the cow over against the temple; otherwise he could only have seen the eighth step of the porch of the temple, as the same writer observes e, with which agrees the Misnah f, that all the walls there (about the mountain of the house) were high, except the eastern wall, that so the priest that burnt the cow might stand on the top of the mount of Olives, and look and behold the door of the temple, when he sprinkled the blood.<\/p>\n a Hilchot Parah Adumah, c. 3. sect. 2. b Vid. Misn. Parah, c. 3. sect. 7. c P. 81. No. 379. d Hilchot Beth Habechirah, c. 6. sect. 2. e In Misn, Middot, c. 2. sect. 4. f Misn. ib.<\/p>\n (4) And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood . . . <\/strong>The appointed rites were to be discharged by Eleazar, not by Aaron, who would otherwise have been temporarily disqualified by legal impurity from the discharge of his high-priestly functions.<\/p>\n Before the tabernacle of the congregation . . . <\/strong>i.e., <\/em>opposite to the entrance of the Tabernacle, but, as stated in the preceding verse, outside the camp, because the act had reference to the uncleanness of death.<\/p>\n 4<\/strong>. <\/strong> Before the tabernacle <\/strong> Properly toward <\/em> the front of the tabernacle. Thus was the sacrifice referred to Jehovah. <\/p>\n Seven times <\/strong> Lev 4:6<\/span>, note.<\/p>\n Eleazar to Apply the Blood of the Red Heifer by Sprinkling Towards the Front of the Tent of Meeting Seven Times ( Num 19:4<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> ). <\/p>\n Num 19:4<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n “<\/strong> And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood towards the front of the tent of meeting seven times.” <\/p>\n Eleazar the priest, Aaron’s eldest son, was to be present, deputising for the High Priest who could not come into contact with a ceremonial which spoke of death. The slaughter was not specifically an offering, for it was not offered on the altar (although it was a purification for sin offering – verses 9. 17), but Eleazar’s next action was to take some of the blood from the red heifer on to his finger and sprinkle it towards the front of the Tent of meeting seven times (compare Lev 16:14-19<\/span>). The idea was to apply the blood before Yahweh even though outside the camp. This was done seven times in order to signify the divine completeness of the atonement. <\/p>\n This may be compared with the original sacrifice of the Passover lamb. That too was not on an altar. But it was also stated to be a sacrifice ((Exo 12:27<\/span>). <\/p>\n Num 19:4<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Directly before the tabernacle of the congregation<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> Towards the<\/em> Tabernacle of Meeting, <\/em>Nold. 833. <\/p>\n It is well worth the continual observation of every faithful believer, that the same authority which appoints the sacrifice, always accompanieth that appointment with the precept for sprinkling the blood of the sacrifice. And what doth this teach, but that the HOLY GHOST must apply what the SON of GOD hath accomplished of redemption to render it effectual to every individual believer: and this must be done, as it is here said, directly before the tabernacle; meaning, before the presence of GOD. Here, Reader, take notice how all the persons of the GODHEAD concur, and are engaged in the salvation of every poor sinner. The FATHER, before whom it is presented; the SON, who is the purchaser of the mercy; and the HOLY GHOST, who is the almighty agent, to make the whole effectual to the heart and conscience of every true believer. Reader, before you dismiss this part of the subject, ask your own heart, whether you are come to the blood of sprinkling? Heb_12:22; Heb_12:24 .<\/p>\n Num 19:4 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:<\/p>\n Ver. 4. Shall take of the blood with his finger.<\/strong> ] Not with his whole hand. Christ’s blood must be touched or applied with great discretion and reverence; our practice also must be dyed in Christ’s blood.<\/p>\n tabernacle = tent. Hebrew. ‘ohel. App-40. <\/p>\n sprinkle: Lev 4:6, Lev 4:17, Lev 16:14, Lev 16:19, Heb 9:13, Heb 9:14, Heb 12:24, 1Pe 1:2 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Lev 4:5 – General 2Ki 5:10 – seven times<\/p>\n Num 19:4. Sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle This made it in some sort an expiation of sin; for the sprinkling of the blood before the Lord was the chief solemnity in all the sacrifices of atonement: therefore, though this was not done at the altar, yet, being done toward the sanctuary, it was intimated hereby that the virtue and validity of it depended upon the sanctuary, and were derived from it. Thus, in the satisfaction that was made to God by the death of Christ, our great High- Priest, who, by the eternal Spirit, (called, Luk 12:20, the finger of God,) offered himself without spot to God; he did, as it were, sprinkle his own blood directly before the sanctuary, when he said, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit. This also signifies how necessary it was, to the purifying our hearts, that satisfaction should be made to divine justice. This sprinkling of the blood put virtue into the ashes.<\/p>\n 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: Directly before the tabernacle, or, towards or over against the tabernacle; either, 1. 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