Numbers 19

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Chapter 19. Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron saying, "This is the injunction of the law, whatever the Lord ordered, saying, 'Speak to the children of Israel, and let them bring you a red heifer without blemish, in which there is no defect, and upon which a yoke has never been placed. You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and he shall take it outside the camp to a clean place, and they shall slaughter it before him. And Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood and sprinkle it seven times directly in front of the tabernacle of testimony. Then it shall be burned in his sight, its hide, its flesh, and its blood, with its dung, shall be burned. The priest shall then take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet and cast them into the midst of the fire burning the red heifer.'" So we're getting this whole other ritual, which we haven't seen before, [laughs] okay? Notice some of the things that are being done though, so th- that might be unusual. So first of all, it's identifying this as not just a heifer, but one that is red in color, which we haven't seen a lot about color [laughs] right before. Notice it's also taken and slaughtered outside the camp.