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And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
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This is the observance of the victim, which the Lord hath ordained. Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee a red cow of full age, in which there is no blemish, and which hath not carried the yoke:
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And you shall deliver her to Eleazar the priest, who shall bring her forth without the camp, and shall immolate her in the sight of all:
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And dipping his finger in her blood, shall sprinkle it over against the door of the tabernacle seven times,
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And shall burn her in the sight of all delivering up to the fire her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, and her dung.
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The priest shall also take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet twice dyed, and cast it into the flame, with which the cow is consumed.
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And then after washing his garments, and body, he shall enter into the camp, and shall be unclean until the evening.
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He also that hath burned her, shall wash his garments, and his body, and shall be unclean until the evening.
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And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the cow, and shall pour them forth without the camp in a most clean place, that they may be reserved for the multitude of the children of Israel, and for a water of aspersion: because the cow was burnt for sin.