This is the ordinance of the law which the LORDhathcommanded, saying, Speakunto the children of Israel, thattheybringthee a red heiferwithoutspot, wherein is no blemish, and uponwhichnevercameyoke:
Then the priestshallwash his clothes, and he shallbathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shallcomeinto the camp, and the priestshall be uncleanuntil the even.
And a man that is cleanshallgather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a cleanplace, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
And he thatgathereth the ashes of the heifershallwash his clothes, and be uncleanuntil the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the strangerthatsojournethamongthem, for a statute for ever.
He shallpurifyhimselfwith it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
Whosoevertoucheth the deadbody of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and thatsoulshall be cut off fromIsrael: because the water of separation was not sprinkledupon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
And a cleanpersonshalltakehyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the personsthatwerethere, and upon him thattouched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
And the cleanpersonshallsprinkleupon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shallpurifyhimself, and wash his clothes, and bathehimself in water, and shall be clean at even.
But the man thatshall be unclean, and shall not purifyhimself, thatsoulshall be cut off fromamong the congregation, because he hathdefiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separationhath not beensprinkledupon him; he is unclean.
And it shall be a perpetualstatuteuntothem, that he thatsprinkleth the water of separationshallwash his clothes; and he thattoucheth the water of separationshall be uncleanuntileven.