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And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
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This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without blemish, wherein is no defect, and upon which never came yoke;
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and ye shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring it outside the camp, and one shall slaughter it before him.
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And Eleazar the priest shall take of its blood with his finger, and shall sprinkle of its blood directly before the tent of meeting seven times.
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And one shall burn the heifer before his eyes; its skin and its flesh, and its blood, with its dung, shall he burn.
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And the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
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And the priest shall wash his garments, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterwards he shall come into the camp; and the priest shall be unclean until the even;
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and he that hath burned it shall wash his garments in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
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And a clean man shall gather the ashes of the heifer, and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the assembly of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.