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|Números 19:1| Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron and said:
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|Números 19:2| 'This is a decree of the Law which Yahweh has prescribed. Tell the Israelites, they are to bring you a red heifer without fault or blemish that has never borne the yoke.
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|Números 19:3| You will give it to the priest Eleazar. It will then be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.
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|Números 19:4| The priest Eleazar will then take some of the victim's blood on his finger, and sprinkle this blood seven times towards the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
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|Números 19:5| The heifer will then be burnt while he looks on; its hide, flesh, blood and offal will be burnt.
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|Números 19:6| The priest will then take some cedar wood, hyssop and scarlet material and throw them on the fire where the heifer is burning.
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|Números 19:7| He will then wash his clothes and bathe himself; after which he will go back to the camp, though he will remain unclean until evening.
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|Números 19:8| The man who has burnt the heifer will wash his clothes and bathe himself and will remain unclean until evening.
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|Números 19:9| The man who gathers up the ashes of the heifer must be ritually clean; he will deposit them outside the camp, in a clean place. They will be kept for the ritual use of the Israelite community for making water for purification; it is a sacrifice for sin.
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|Números 19:10| The man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer will wash his clothes and remain unclean until evening. For the Israelites as for the resident alien, this will be a perpetual decree.
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