Dual Panel1Then the LORD<3068> spoke<1696> to Moses<4872> and Aaron<175>, saying<559>,
2"This<2088> is the statute<2708> of the law<8451> which<834> the LORD<3068> has commanded<6680>, saying<559>, 'Speak<1696> to the sons<1121> of Israel<3478> that they bring<3947> you an unblemished<8549> red<122> heifer<6499> in which<834> is no<369> defect<4140> and on which<834> a yoke<5923> has never<3808> been placed<5927>.
3'You shall give<5414> it to Eleazar<499> the priest<3548>, and it shall be brought<3318> outside<413><4480><2351> the camp<4264> and be slaughtered<7819> in his presence<6440>.
4'Next Eleazar<499> the priest<3548> shall take<3947> some<4480> of its blood<1818> with his finger<676> and sprinkle<5137> some<4480> of its blood<1818> toward<413> the front<6440> of the tent<168> of meeting<4150> seven<7651> times<6471>.
5'Then the heifer<6499> shall be burned<8313> in his sight<5869>; its hide<5785> and its flesh<1320> and its blood<1818>, with its refuse<6569>, shall be burned<8313>.
6'The priest<3548> shall take<3947> cedar<730> wood<6086> and hyssop<231> and scarlet<8144> material and cast<7993> it into the midst<8432> of the burning<8316> heifer<6499>.
7'The priest<3548> shall then wash<3526> his clothes<899> and bathe<7364> his body<1320> in water<4325>, and afterward<310> come<935> into the camp<4264>, but the priest<3548> shall be unclean<2930> until<5704> evening<6153>.
8'The one who burns<8313> it shall also wash<3526> his clothes<899> in water<4325> and bathe<7364> his body<1320> in water<4325>, and shall be unclean<2930> until<5704> evening<6153>.
9'Now a man<376> who is clean<2889> shall gather<622> up the ashes<665> of the heifer<6499> and deposit<5117> them outside<4480><2351> the camp<4264> in a clean<2889> place<4725>, and the congregation<5712> of the sons<1121> of Israel<3478> shall keep<4931> it as water<4325> to remove impurity<5079>; it is purification<2403> from sin<2403>.
10'The one who gathers<622> the ashes<665> of the heifer<6499> shall wash<3526> his clothes<899> and be unclean<2930> until<5704> evening<6153>; and it shall be a perpetual<5769> statute<2708> to the sons<1121> of Israel<3478> and to the alien<1616> who sojourns<1481> among<8432> them.
11'The one who touches<5060> the corpse<4191> of any<3605> person<5315><120> shall be unclean<2930> for seven<7651> days<3117>.
12'That one<1931> shall purify<2398> himself from uncleanness<2398> with the water on the third<7992> day<3117> and on the seventh<7637> day<3117>, and then he will be clean<2891>; but if<518> he does not purify<2398> himself on the third<7992> day<3117> and on the seventh<7637> day<3117>, he will not be clean<2891>.
13'Anyone<3605> who touches<5060> a corpse<4191>, the body<5315> of a man<120> who<834> has died<4191>, and does not purify<2398> himself, defiles<2930> the tabernacle<4908> of the LORD<3068>; and that person<5315> shall be cut<3772> off<3772> from Israel<3478>. Because<3588> the water<4325> for impurity<5079> was not sprinkled<2236> on him, he shall be unclean<2931>; his uncleanness<2932> is still<5750> on him.
14'This<2088> is the law<8451> when<3588> a man<120> dies<4191> in a tent<168>: everyone<3605> who comes<935> into the tent<168> and everyone<3605> who<834> is in the tent<168> shall be unclean<2930> for seven<7651> days<3117>.
15'Every<3605> open<6605> vessel<3627>, which<834> has<369> no<369> covering<6781> tied<6616> down<6616> on it, shall be unclean<2931>.
16'Also, anyone<3605> who<834> in the open<6440> field<7704> touches<5060> one<2491> who<2491> has been slain<2491> with a sword<2719> or<176> who has died<4191> naturally, or<176> a human<120> bone<6106> or<176> a grave<6913>, shall be unclean<2930> for seven<7651> days<3117>.
17'Then for the unclean<2931> person they shall take<3947> some<4480> of the ashes<6083> of the burnt<8316> purification<2403> from sin<2403> and flowing<2416> water<4325> shall be added<5414> to them in a vessel<3627>.
18'A clean<2889> person<376> shall take<3947> hyssop<231> and dip<2881> it in the water<4325>, and sprinkle<5137> it on the tent<168> and on all<3605> the furnishings<3627> and on the persons<5315> who<834> were there<8033>, and on the one who touched<5060> the bone<6106> or<176> the one<2491> slain<2491> or<176> the one dying<4191> naturally or<176> the grave<6913>.
19'Then the clean<2889> person shall sprinkle<5137> on the unclean<2931> on the third<7992> day<3117> and on the seventh<7637> day<3117>; and on the seventh<7637> day<3117> he shall purify<2398> him from uncleanness<2398>, and he shall wash<3526> his clothes<899> and bathe<7364> himself in water<4325> and shall be clean<2891> by evening<6153>.
20'But the man<376> who<834> is unclean<2930> and does not purify<2398> himself from uncleanness<2398>, that person<5315> shall be cut<3772> off<3772> from the midst<8432> of the assembly<6951>, because<3588> he has defiled<2930> the sanctuary<4720> of the LORD<3068>; the water<4325> for impurity<5079> has not been sprinkled<2236> on him, he is unclean<2931>.
21'So it shall be a perpetual<5769> statute<2708> for them. And he who sprinkles<5137> the water<4325> for impurity<5079> shall wash<3526> his clothes<899>, and he who touches<5060> the water<4325> for impurity<5079> shall be unclean<2930> until<5704> evening<6153>.
22'Furthermore, anything<3605> that the unclean<2931> person touches<5060> shall be unclean<2930>; and the person<5315> who touches<5060> it shall be unclean<2930> until<5704> evening<6153>.'"