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Verse 1

And Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto Moses{H4872} and unto Aaron,{H175} saying,{H559}

Verse 2

This is the statute{H2708} of the law{H8451} which Jehovah{H3068} hath commanded,{H6680} saying,{H559} Speak{H1696} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} that they bring{H3947} thee a red{H122} heifer{H6510} without spot,{H8549} wherein is no blemish,{H3971} [and] upon which never{H3808} came{H5927} yoke.{H5923}

Verse 3

And ye shall give{H5414} her unto Eleazar{H499} the priest,{H3548} and he shall bring her forth{H3318} without{H2351} the camp,{H4264} and one shall slay{H7819} her before{H6440} his face:

Verse 4

and Eleazar{H499} the priest{H3548} shall take{H3947} of her blood{H1818} with his finger,{H676} and sprinkle{H5137} her blood{H1818} toward{H5227} the front{H6440} of the tent{H168} of meeting{H4150} seven{H7651} times.{H6471}

Verse 5

And one shall burn{H8313} the heifer{H6510} in his sight;{H5869} her skin,{H5785} and her flesh,{H1320} and her blood,{H1818} with her dung,{H6569} shall he burn:{H8313}

Verse 6

and the priest{H3548} shall take{H3947} cedar -{H730} wood,{H6086} and hyssop,{H231} and scarlet,{H8438} and cast{H7993} it into the midst{H8432} of the burning{H8316} of the heifer.{H6510}

Verse 7

Then the priest{H3548} shall wash{H3526} his clothes,{H899} and he shall bathe{H7364} his flesh{H1320} in water,{H4325} and afterward{H310} he shall come{H935} into the camp,{H4264} and the priest{H3548} shall be unclean{H2930} until the even.{H6153}

Verse 8

And he that burneth{H8313} her shall wash{H3526} his clothes{H899} in water,{H4325} and bathe{H7364} his flesh{H1320} in water,{H4325} and shall be unclean{H2930} until the even.{H6153}

Verse 9

And a man{H376} that is clean{H2889} shall gather{H622} up the ashes{H665} of the heifer,{H6510} and lay them up{H3240} without{H2351} the camp{H4264} in a clean{H2889} place;{H4725} and it shall be kept{H4931} for the congregation{H5712} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} for a water{H4325} for impurity:{H5079} it is a sin-offering.{H2403}

Verse 10

And he that gathereth{H622} the ashes{H665} of the heifer{H6510} shall wash{H3526} his clothes,{H899} and be unclean{H2930} until the even:{H6153} and it shall be unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and unto the stranger{H1616} that sojourneth{H1481} among{H8432} them, for a statute{H2708} for ever.{H5769}

Verse 11

He that toucheth{H5060} the dead{H4191} body{H5315} of any man{H120} shall be unclean{H2930} seven{H7651} days:{H3117}

Verse 12

the same shall purify{H2398} himself therewith on the third{H7992} day,{H3117} and on the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} he shall be clean:{H2891} but if he purify{H2398} not himself the third{H7992} day,{H3117} then the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} he shall not be clean.{H2891}

Verse 13

Whosoever toucheth{H5060} a dead{H4191} person, the body{H5315} of a man{H120} that hath died,{H4191} and purifieth{H2398} not himself, defileth{H2930} the tabernacle{H4908} of Jehovah;{H3068} and that soul{H5315} shall be cut off{H3772} from Israel:{H3478} because the water{H4325} for impurity{H5079} was not sprinkled{H2236} upon him, he shall be unclean;{H2931} his uncleanness{H2932} is yet upon him.

Verse 14

This is the law{H8451} when a man{H120} dieth{H4191} in a tent:{H168} every one that cometh{H935} into the tent,{H168} and every one that is in the tent,{H168} shall be unclean{H2930} seven{H7651} days.{H3117}

Verse 15

And every open{H6605} vessel,{H3627} which hath no covering{H6781} bound{H6616} upon it, is unclean.{H2931}

Verse 16

And whosoever in the open{H6440} field{H7704} toucheth{H5060} one that is slain{H2491} with a sword,{H2719} or a dead body,{H4191} or a bone{H6106} of a man,{H120} or a grave,{H6913} shall be unclean{H2930} seven{H7651} days.{H3117}

Verse 17

And for the unclean{H2931} they shall take{H3947} of the ashes{H6083} of the burning{H8316} of the sin-offering;{H2403} and running{H2416} water{H4325} shall be put{H5414} thereto in a vessel:{H3627}

Verse 18

and a clean{H2889} person{H376} shall take{H3947} hyssop,{H231} and dip{H2881} it in the water,{H4325} and sprinkle{H5137} it upon the tent,{H168} and upon all the vessels,{H3627} and upon the persons{H5315} that were there, and upon him that touched{H5060} the bone,{H6106} or the slain,{H2491} or the dead,{H4191} or the grave:{H6913}

Verse 19

and the clean{H2889} person shall sprinkle{H5137} upon the unclean{H2931} on the third{H7992} day,{H3117} and on the seventh{H7637} day:{H3117} and on the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} he shall purify{H2398} him; and he shall wash{H3526} his clothes,{H899} and bathe{H3526} himself in water,{H4325} and shall be clean{H2891} at even.{H6153}

Verse 20

But the man{H376} that shall be unclean,{H2930} and shall not purify{H2398} himself, that soul{H5315} shall be cut off{H3772} from the midst{H8432} of the assembly,{H6951} because he hath defiled{H2930} the sanctuary{H4720} of Jehovah:{H3068} the water{H4325} for impurity{H5079} hath not been sprinkled{H2236} upon him; he is unclean.{H2931}

Verse 21

And it shall be a perpetual{H5769} statute{H2708} unto them: and he that sprinkleth{H5137} the water{H4325} for impurity{H5079} shall wash{H3526} his clothes,{H899} and he that toucheth{H5060} the water{H4325} for impurity{H5079} shall be unclean{H2930} until even.{H6153}

Verse 22

And whatsoever the unclean{H2931} person toucheth{H5060} shall be unclean;{H2930} and the soul{H5315} that toucheth{H5060} it shall be unclean{H2930} until even.{H6153}

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