Numbers 19:5

Then the heifer must be burned in his sight. Its hide, its flesh, and its blood are to be burned, along with its dung.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The command addresses the officiating priest during the red heifer ritual, immediately following the blood-sprinkling directive and preceding the addition of cedar, hyssop, and scarlet wool.

The words — וְ/שָׂרַ֥ף (ve./sa.Raf) = and/ he will burn [H8313]; לְ/עֵינָ֑י/ו (le./'ei.Na/v) = to/ eyes/ his [H5869].

The thread — Exodus 29:14 and Leviticus 4:11 record the burning of hide, flesh, and dung for sin offerings, while Leviticus 4:21 extends the command to consume the entire bull.

Why it lands — The text requires complete combustion of the animal, ensuring no part is retained for human use and the ritual object is fully removed from the sanctuary context.

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The Hebrew words

וְשָׂרַ֥ףve./sa.Rafand/ he will burn אֶת־'et-<obj.>הַפָּרָ֖הha./pa.Rahthe/ heifer לְעֵינָ֑יוle./'ei.Na/vto/ eyes/ his אֶת־'et-<obj.>עֹרָ֤הּ'o.Ra/hskin/ its וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>בְּשָׂרָהּ֙be.sa.Ra/hflesh/ its וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>דָּמָ֔הּda.Ma/hblood/ its עַל־'al-with פִּרְשָׁ֖הּpir.Sha/hoffal/ its יִשְׂרֹֽף׃yis.Rofhe will burn

King James Version

And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:

Cross-references

Exodus 29:14 But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
Leviticus 4:11 But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and legs and its entrails and dung—
Leviticus 4:21 Then he is to take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.
Psalms 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
Isaiah 53:10 Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.