⁷ To purify them, do this: Sprinkle the water of cleansing^(A) on them; then have them shave their whole bodies^(B) and wash their clothes.^(C) And so they will purify themselves.^(D)

¹⁹ From among all the Israelites, I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons^(A) to do the work at the tent of meeting on behalf of the Israelites^(B) and to make atonement for them^(C) so that no plague will strike the Israelites when they go near the sanctuary.”

¹³ The blood of goats and bulls^(A) and the ashes of a heifer^(B) sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean.