Numbers 19:4 - Exposition

And Eleazar … shall … sprinkle of her blood directly before ( אֵל־נֹכַח פְּנֵי ) the tabernacle. By this act the death of the heifer became a sacrificial offering. The sprinkling in the direction of the sanctuary intimated that the offering was made to him that dwelt therein, and the "seven times" was the ordinary number of perfect performance (Le Numbers 4:17 , &c.;).