The priest (A)shall then wash his clothes and bathe his [a]body in water, and afterward come into the camp, but the priest shall be unclean until evening. The one who burns it shall also wash his clothes in water and bathe his [b]body in water, and shall be unclean until evening. Now a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place, and [c]the congregation of the sons of Israel shall keep it as (B)water to remove impurity; it is [d]purification from sin.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 19:7 Lit flesh
  2. Numbers 19:8 Lit flesh
  3. Numbers 19:9 Lit it shall be to the congregation...Israel, for a guarding as water of impurity
  4. Numbers 19:9 Or a sin offering