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Ordinance of the Red Heifer
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|Números 19:1| Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
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|Números 19:2| "This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded: 'Tell the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer in which there is no defect and on which a yoke has never been placed.
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|Números 19:3| You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be brought outside the camp and be slaughtered in his presence.
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|Números 19:4| Next Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle some of it toward the front of the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) seven times.
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|Números 19:5| Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight; its skin, its flesh, its blood, and its waste, shall be burned (reduced to ash).
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|Números 19:6| The priest shall take cedar wood and1 hyssop and scarlet[material] and cast them into the midst of the burning heifer.
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|Números 19:7| Then the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; and afterward come into the camp, but he shall be[ceremonially] unclean until evening.
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|Números 19:8| The one who burns the heifer shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
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|Números 19:9| Now a man who is[ceremonially] clean shall collect the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place, and the congregation of the Israelites shall keep it for2 water to remove impurity; it is[to be used for] purification from sin.
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|Números 19:10| The one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until evening. This shall be a perpetual statute to the Israelites and to the stranger who lives as a resident alien among them.
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