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God spoke to Moses and Aaron:
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"This is the rule from the Revelation that God commands: Tell the People of Israel to get a red cow, a healthy specimen, ritually clean, that has never been in harness.
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Present it to Eleazar the priest, then take it outside the camp and butcher it while he looks on.
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Eleazar will take some of the blood on his finger and splash it seven times in the direction of the Tent of Meeting.
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"Then under Eleazar's supervision burn the cow, the whole thing - hide, meat, blood, even its dung.
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The priest then will take a stick of cedar, some sprigs of hyssop, and a piece of scarlet material and throw them on the burning cow.
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Afterwards the priest must wash his clothes and bathe well with water. He can then come into the camp but he remains ritually unclean until evening.
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The man who burns the cow must also wash his clothes and bathe with water. He also is unclean until evening.
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"Then a man who is ritually clean will gather the ashes of the cow and place them in a ritually clean place outside the camp. The congregation of Israel will keep them to use in the Water-of-Cleansing, an Absolution-Offering.
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"The man who gathered up the ashes must scrub his clothes; he is ritually unclean until evening. This is to be a standing rule for both native-born Israelites and foreigners living among them.