KJV King James Version
This [is] the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein [is] no blemish, [and] upon which never came yoke:
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Numbers 19:2
This [is] the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein [is] no blemish, [and] upon which never came yoke:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.
WEB World English Bible
“This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded: Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without spot, in which is no blemish, and which was never yoked.
ASV American Standard Version
This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
This is a statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the sons of Israel, and they bring unto thee a red cow, a perfect one, in which there is no blemish, on which no yoke hath gone up;
Surrounding context — Numbers 19
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
2 This [is] the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein [is] no blemish, [and] upon which never came yoke:
3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and [one] shall slay her before his face:
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:
5 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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זֹ֚אתH2063 · zotthisחֻקַּ֣תH2708 · chuq.qahstatuteהַתּוֹרָ֔הH8451 · to.rahinstructionאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichצִוָּ֥הH6680 · tsa.vahto commandיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלֵאמֹ֑רH559 · a.marto sayדַּבֵּ֣ר׀H1696 · da.varto speak: speakאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)בְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוְיִקְח֣וּH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֵלֶיךָ֩H413 · elto(wards)פָרָ֨הH6510 · pa.rahheiferאֲדֻמָּ֜הH122 · a.domredתְּמִימָ֗הH8549 · ta.mimunblemishedאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichאֵֽין־H369 · a.yinnothingבָּהּ֙H9034 · haherמ֔וּםH3971 · m.umblemishאֲשֶׁ֛רH834 · a.sherwhichלֹא־H3808 · lonotעָלָ֥הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseעָלֶ֖יהָH5921 · aluponעֹֽל׃H5923 · olyoke
Cross-references
Leviticus 22:20-25[But] whatsoever hath a blemish, [that] shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.Deuteronomy 21:3And it shall be, [that] the city [which is] next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, [and] which hath not drawn in the yoke;1 Peter 1:19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:Philippians 2:6-8Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:1 Samuel 6:7Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:Malachi 1:13-14Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness [is it]! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought [that which was] torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.Lamentations 1:14The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, [and] come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into [their] hands, [from whom] I am not able to rise up.John 10:17-18Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.Hebrews 7:26For such an high priest became us, [who is] holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.1 Peter 2:22Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:Luke 1:35And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.Revelation 1:5And from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,Hebrews 9:10[Which stood] only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed [on them] until the time of reformation.Numbers 19:6And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast [it] into the midst of the burning of the heifer.Exodus 12:5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take [it] out from the sheep, or from the goats:Leviticus 14:6As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird [that was] killed over the running water:Numbers 31:21And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This [is] the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
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