Numbers 19:1–9

And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ²This 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, ^aand upon which never came yoke: ³and ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her ^bforth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: ⁴and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and ^csprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times: ⁵and one shall burn the heifer in his sight; ^dher skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: ⁶and the priest shall take ^ecedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. ⁷Then the priest ^fshall 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. ⁸And ^ghe that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. ⁹And a man that is clean shall gather up ^hthe ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in ⁱa clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel ^jfor a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.