The one who burns [a]the heifer shall also wash his clothes in water and bathe his [b]body in water, and will be unclean until evening. Now a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and put them outside the camp in a clean place, and [c]the congregation of the sons of Israel shall keep them for (A)water to remove impurity; it is [d]purification from sin. 10 And the one who gathers the ashes of the heifer (B)shall wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening; and it shall be a permanent statute for the sons of Israel and for the stranger who resides among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 19:8 Lit it
  2. Numbers 19:8 Lit flesh
  3. Numbers 19:9 Lit it shall be to the congregation...Israel, for a guarding as water of impurity
  4. Numbers 19:9 Or a sin offering

The man who burns it must also wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he too will be unclean till evening.

“A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer(A) and put them in a ceremonially clean place(B) outside the camp. They are to be kept by the Israelite community for use in the water of cleansing;(C) it is for purification from sin.(D) 10 The man who gathers up(E) the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he too will be unclean till evening.(F) This will be a lasting ordinance(G) both for the Israelites and for the foreigners residing among them.(H)

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