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Biblical Reading and Reflection: Numbers 19
Alastair's Adversaria
The Red Heifer Is a Blood Ritual
A red heifer would be the largest female animal used for this ritual. The impurity contracted by something that is used to make atonement for the place is too great, and so cannot be consumed without contracting an overwhelming impurity. In leviticus, chapter ten, verse 17, the priests are said to bear the iniquity of the congregation. So it should not surprise us that there are similarities between the process for the cleansing of the corpse defiled person and the cleansing of a leper.
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