Numbers 19:3 - Easy To Read Version Give that cow to Eleazar the priest. Eleazar will take the cow outside the camp and kill it there. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you shall give her to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her outside the camp, and she shall be slaughtered before him. American Standard Version (1901) And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: Common English Bible You will give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will take it outside the camp and slaughter it in front of him. Catholic Public Domain Version And you shall deliver it to Eleazar the priest, who, having led it out beyond the camp, shall immolate it in the sight of all. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And you shall deliver her to Eleazar the priest, who shall bring her forth without the camp, and shall immolate her in the sight of all. |
“The bull and the goat for the sin offerings must be taken outside the camp. (The blood from those animals was brought into the Holy Place to make {the holy things} pure.) {The priests} must burn the skins, bodies, and body waste of those animals in the fire.
“Bring the man who cursed to a place outside the camp. Then bring together all the people who heard him curse. Those people will put their hands on his head. [420] And then all the people must throw stones at him and kill him.
But the priest must carry out the bull’s skin, inside parts and body waste, and all the meat on its head and legs. The priest must carry those parts outside the camp to the special place where the ashes are poured out. The priest must put those parts there on the wood and burn them. The bull must be burned where the ashes are poured out.
The priest must carry this bull outside the camp and burn it, just like he burned the other bull. This is the sin offering for the whole community.
So the people took him outside the camp and killed him with stones. They did this the way that the Lord commanded Moses.
“Then a person who is clean [254] will collect the ashes from the cow. He will put those ashes in a clean place outside the camp. These ashes will be used when people must keep a special ceremony to become clean. These ashes will also be used to remove a person’s sins.
But Nadab and Abihu died {because they sinned} while serving the Lord. They used fire that the Lord did not allow when they made an offering to the Lord. So Nadab and Abihu died there, in the Sinai desert. They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar took their place and served the Lord as priests. This happened while their father Aaron was still alive.
“I command the people of Israel to keep their camp free from sickness and disease. Tell the people to send away from the camp any person who has a bad skin disease. [78] Tell them to send away from the camp any person who has a discharge. [79] And tell them to send away from their camp any person who has touched a dead body.