Numbers—The Wilderness Sojourn (3)

We are dealing with the section of the book of Numbers that describes how God chastened His people during their wanderings in the wilderness for the forty years (Numbers 15:1-19:22). Instruction is given for the preparation of the water of purification. A red heifer, without blemish and never having worn a yoke, was to be killed (the blood sprinkled before the tabernacle) and the bodyconsumed in fire (the ashes mixed with water as a purification, Num. 19:1-10). Mention is made as to the use of...