Num 19:3-5 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Num 19:3-5: 19:3-5 The need to safeguard Aaron’s consecrated status (see Lev 21:10-12 ) required that Eleazar perform the offering of the red heifer , since it caused ritual impurity. The ceremony of the red heifer contrasted with the regular sacrifice (cp. Lev 4:3-12 ).

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bLev 21:10-12►

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‏ Numbers 19:3-5

Summary for Num 19:3-5: 19:3-5 ^a The need to safeguard Aaron’s consecrated status (see Lev 21:10-12 ^b) required that Eleazar perform the offering of the red heifer, since it caused ritual impurity. The ceremony of the red heifer contrasted with the regular sacrifice (cp. Lev 4:3-12 ^c).