Numbers 19

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1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:

2  This is a requirement of the law that the LORD has commanded: Tell the Israelites to bring you a red heifer without defect or blemish and that has never been under a yoke.

3 Give it to Eleazar the priest; it is to be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.

4 Then Eleazar the priest is to take some of it's blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the tent of meeting.

5 While he watches, the heifer is to be burned it's hide, flesh, blood and intestines.

6 The priest is to be take some cederwood, hyssop and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.

7 After that, the priest must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water. He may then come into the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean till evening.

8 The man who burns it must also wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he too will be unclean till evening.

9 A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and put them in a ceremonially  clean place outside the camp. They are to be kept by the Israelite community for use in the water of cleansing; it is for purification from sin.

10The man who gathers up the ashes of the heifer must also washhis clothes, and he too will be unclean till evening. This will be a lasting ordience both for the Israelites and for the foreigners residing among them.