The sacrificial [red] heifer was conducted without the camp and slain in the most imposing manner. Thus Christ suffered without the gates of Jerusalem, for Calvary was outside the city walls. This was to show that Christ did not die for the Hebrews alone, but for all mankind. He proclaims to a fallen world that He has come to be their Redeemer and urges them to accept the salvation He offers them. The heifer having been slain in a most solemn manner, the priest, clothed in pure white garments, took the blood in his hands as it issued from the body of the victim and cast it toward the temple seven times.... {FLB 200.2}

Ofret af den (røde) kalv blev forrettet uden for lejren og slagtet på den mest monumentale måde. Således led Kristus uden for Jerusalems porte, for Golgata var uden for byens mure. Dette var for at vise at Kristus ikke døde for hebræerne alene og tilskynder dem til at acceptere den frelse han bringer dem. Kalven blev slagtet på en højtidelig måde, en præst, iklædt rene hvide klæder, tog blodet i sine hænder da det kom fra offerets krop og kastede det mod templet syv gange. . . . .