¹² that is, all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp^(A) to a place ceremonially clean,^(B) where the ashes^(C) are thrown, and burn it^(D) there in a wood fire on the ash heap.^(E)

¹⁰ The priest shall then put on his linen clothes,^(A) with linen undergarments next to his body,^(B) and shall remove the ashes^(C) of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed on the altar and place them beside the altar. ¹¹ Then he is to take off these clothes and put on others, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a place that is ceremonially clean.^(D)

³ That same day the man of God gave a sign:^(A) “This is the sign the Lord has declared: The altar will be split apart and the ashes on it will be poured out.”

⁵ Also, the altar was split apart and its ashes poured out according to the sign given by the man of God by the word of the Lord.

⁴⁰ The whole valley^(A) where dead bodies^(B) and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the Kidron Valley^(C) on the east as far as the corner of the Horse Gate,^(D) will be holy^(E) to the Lord. The city will never again be uprooted or demolished.”