And the LORD spake
unto Moses
and unto Aaron
, saying
,
This is the ordinance of the law
which the LORD
hath commanded
, saying
, Speak
unto the children
of Israel
, that they bring
thee a red
heifer
without spot
, wherein is no blemish
, and upon which never
came
yoke
:
And ye shall give her unto Eleazar
the priest
, that he may bring her forth
without
the camp
, and one shall slay
her before
his face:
And Eleazar the priest
shall take
of her blood
with his finger
, and sprinkle
of her blood
directly
before
the tabernacle
of the congregation
seven
times
:
And one shall burn the heifer
in his sight
; her skin
, and her flesh
, and her blood
, with her dung
, shall he burn
:
And the priest shall take
cedar
wood
, and hyssop
, and scarlet
, and cast
it into the midst
of the burning
of the heifer
.
Then the priest shall wash
his clothes
, and he shall bathe
his flesh
in water
, and afterward
he shall come
into the camp
, and the priest
shall be unclean
until the even
.
And he that burneth her shall wash
his clothes
in water
, and bathe
his flesh
in water
, and shall be unclean
until the even
.
And a man that is clean
shall gather
up the ashes
of the heifer
, and lay them up
without
the camp
in a clean
place
, and it shall be kept
for the congregation
of the children
of Israel
for a water
of separation
: it is a purification for sin
.
And he that gathereth the ashes
of the heifer
shall wash
his clothes
, and be unclean
until the even
: and it shall be unto the children
of Israel
, and unto the stranger
that sojourneth
among
them, for a statute
for ever
.
He that toucheth the dead
body
of any man
shall be unclean
seven
days
.
He shall purify himself with it on the third
day
, and on the seventh
day
he shall be clean
: but if he purify
not himself the third
day
, then the seventh
day
he shall not be clean
.
Whosoever toucheth the dead
body
of any man
that is dead
, and purifieth
not himself, defileth
the tabernacle
of the LORD
; and that soul
shall be cut off
from Israel
: because the water
of separation
was not sprinkled
upon him, he shall be unclean
; his uncleanness
is yet upon him.
This is the law, when a man
dieth
in a tent
: all that come
into the tent
, and all that is in the tent
, shall be unclean
seven
days
.
And every open vessel
, which hath no covering
bound
upon it, is unclean
.
And whosoever toucheth one that is slain
with a sword
in the open
fields
, or a dead body
, or a bone
of a man
, or a grave
, shall be unclean
seven
days
.
And for an unclean person they shall take
of the ashes
of the burnt heifer
of purification for sin
, and running
water
shall be put
thereto in a vessel
:
And a clean person
shall take
hyssop
, and dip
it in the water
, and sprinkle
it upon the tent
, and upon all the vessels
, and upon the persons
that were there, and upon him that touched
a bone
, or one slain
, or one dead
, or a grave
:
And the clean person shall sprinkle
upon the unclean
on the third
day
, and on the seventh
day
: and on the seventh
day
he shall purify
himself, and wash
his clothes
, and bathe
himself in water
, and shall be clean
at even
.
But the man that shall be unclean
, and shall not purify
himself, that soul
shall be cut off
from among
the congregation
, because he hath defiled
the sanctuary
of the LORD
: the water
of separation
hath not been sprinkled
upon him; he is unclean
.
And it shall be a perpetual statute
unto them, that he that sprinkleth
the water
of separation
shall wash
his clothes
; and he that toucheth
the water
of separation
shall be unclean
until even
.
And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth
shall be unclean
; and the soul
that toucheth
it shall be unclean
until even
.