Numbers 19:1-10

¹And the Lord spake with Mosheh and to Aharon, saying:

²This is the decree of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying: Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring to thee a red heifer, unblemished, with no spot in her, and upon which no yoke hath been put.

³And you shall give her unto Elazar the priest, that he may bring her without the camp, and (one) shall slaughter her before him.

⁴And Elazar, the priest, shall take (some) of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood against the face of the tabernacle of ordinance seven times.

⁵And (one) shall burn the heifer before his eyes; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her food shall he burn.

⁶And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

⁷And the priest shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterwards come into the camp: but the priest shall be unclean until the evening.

⁸And he who burneth her shall wash his clothes with water, and bathe his flesh in water, and be unclean until evening.

⁹And a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be for the congregation of the children of Israel to keep, for the sprinkling with water; it is (a purification) for sin.

¹⁰And he who gathereth up the ashes of the heifer shall wash his raiment, and be unclean until the evening; and it shall be for the children of Israel, and for the strangers who dwell among you, a statute forever.