Chapter 19

And the LORD spake¹⁷ unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,²

This [is] the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded,¹⁴ saying,² Speak¹⁶ unto the children of Israel, that they bring⁴ thee a red heifer without spot, wherein [is] no blemish, [and] upon which never came¹ yoke:

And ye shall give¹ her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth⁵² without the camp, and [one] shall slay¹ her before his face:

And Eleazar the priest shall take¹ of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle⁵² of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:

And [one] shall burn¹ the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:⁴

And the priest shall take¹ cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, ⁸¹⁴⁴ and cast⁵² [it] into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

Then the priest shall wash¹⁴ his clothes, and he shall bathe¹ his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come⁴ into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean¹ until the even.

And he that burneth⁶ her shall wash¹⁷ his clothes in water, and bathe¹ his flesh in water, and shall be unclean¹ until the even.

And a man [that is] clean shall gather¹ up the ashes of the heifer, and lay [them] up⁵² without the camp in a clean place, 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 that gathereth⁶ the ashes of the heifer shall wash¹⁴ his clothes, and be unclean¹ until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth⁶ among them, for a statute for ever.

He that toucheth⁶ the dead⁵ body of any man shall be unclean¹ seven days.

He shall purify¹⁰¹ himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean:⁴ but if he purify¹⁰¹ not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.⁴

Whosoever toucheth⁶ the dead⁵ body of any man that is dead,⁴ and purifieth¹⁰¹ not himself, defileth¹⁴ the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off⁸ from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled²⁷ upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness [is] yet upon him.

This [is] the law, when a man dieth⁴ in a tent: all that come⁶ into the tent, and all that [is] in the tent, shall be unclean⁴ seven days.

And every open⁷ vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, [is] unclean.

And whosoever toucheth⁴ one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead⁵ body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean⁴ seven days.

And for an unclean [person] they shall take¹ of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put¹ thereto in a vessel:

And a clean person shall take¹ hyssop, and dip¹ [it] in the water, and sprinkle⁵² [it] upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched⁶ a bone, or one slain, or one dead,⁵ or a grave:

And the clean [person] shall sprinkle⁵² upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify¹⁴ himself, and wash¹⁴ his clothes, and bathe¹ himself in water, and shall be clean¹ at even.

But the man that shall be unclean,⁴ and shall not purify¹⁰¹ himself, that soul shall be cut off⁸ from among the congregation, because he hath defiled¹⁴ the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled²⁷ upon him; he [is] unclean.

And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth⁵⁶ the water of separation shall wash¹⁷ his clothes; and he that toucheth⁶ the water of separation shall be unclean⁴ until even.

And whatsoever the unclean [person] toucheth⁴ shall be unclean;⁴ and the soul that toucheth⁶ [it] shall be unclean⁴ until even.