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The one who burns it will wash his garments and his body in water; he will be unclean until the evening. A clean man will gather the ashes of the heifer, and he will put them in a clean place outside the camp;[a] it will be for the community of the Israelites[b] as a requirement for waters of impurity; it is a purification offering. 10 The one who gathers the ashes of the heifer will wash his garments; he will be unclean until evening. It will be an eternal decree for the Israelites[c] and for one who dwells as an alien in their midst.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 19:9 Literally “an outside place of the camp”
  2. Numbers 19:9 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. Numbers 19:10 Literally “sons/children of Israel”