Numbers 19

1 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

2 “This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.

3 Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.

4 Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting.

5 Then the heifer must be burned in his sight. Its hide, its flesh, and its blood are to be burned, along with its dung.

6 The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.

7 Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean until evening.

8 The one who burned the heifer must also wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he too will be ceremonially unclean until evening.

9 Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept by the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification; this is for purification from sin.

10 The man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.

11 Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.

12 He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean.

13 Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.

14 This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent and everyone already in the tent will be unclean for seven days,

15 and any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean.

16 Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

17 For the purification of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them.

18 Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.

19 The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean.

20 But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

21 This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.

22 Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.”

1 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

2 This [is] the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein [is] no blemish, [and] upon which never came yoke:

3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and [one] shall slay her before his face:

4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:

5 And [one] shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:

6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast [it] into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.

8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.

9 And a man [that is] clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay [them] up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it [is] a purification for sin.

10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.

11 ¶ He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.

13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness [is] yet upon him.

14 This [is] the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that [is] in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, [is] unclean.

16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

17 And for an unclean [person] they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:

18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip [it] in the water, and sprinkle [it] upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:

19 And the clean [person] shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.

20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he [is] unclean.

21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.

22 And whatsoever the unclean [person] toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth [it] shall be unclean until even.

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:

2 This manner shall be a law, which the LORD commanded, saying, Tell the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee a red heifer without change, wherein is no blemish, and upon which no yoke hath ever come.

3 And give them unto Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring them forth before the camp, and slay them there before him:

4 And Eleazar the priest shall take the blood of them with his finger, and sprinkle it over against the tabernacle of the congregation seven times,

5 And let the heifer be burned before him, both her hide and her flesh, and her blood with her dung.

6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and the wool of the scarlet, and cast them upon the heifer that burneth,

7 And he shall wash his clothes, and bathe his body in water, and go into the camp, and be unclean until the even.

8 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his body in water, and be unclean until the even.

9 And a clean man shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and cast them out of the camp into a clean place, and there they shall be reserved for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of sprinkling: for it is a sin offering.

10 And he that gathereth up the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. This shall be a statute for ever unto the children of Israel, and to the strangers that sojourn among you.

11 Whosoever therefore toucheth any dead person shall be unclean seven days.

12 He shall hereby make himself clean on the third day, and on the seventh day, and shall be clean: and if he make himself clean not on the third day, and on the seventh day, he shall not be clean.

13 And if any man touch any dead person, and would not be cleansed, he defileth the tabernacle of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from Israel. Because the water of sprinkling is not sprinkled on him, he is unclean until he is cleansed by it.

14 This is the law, when a man dieth in the tabernacle: He that prayeth in the tabernacle; and all that is in the tabernacle shall be unclean seven days.

15 And every open vessel that hath no cover, nor ribbon, is unclean.

16 And whosoever toucheth in the field a man slain with the sword, or a dead man, or a man's bone, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

17 They shall therefore take for the unclean person the ashes of this burnt sin offering, and put running water upon them in a vessel.

18 And a clean man shall take hyssop, and dip it in water, and sprinkle it upon the tabernacle, and upon all the vessels, and upon all the souls that are therein; even upon him that hath touched the bones of the dead, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave.

19 And the clean person shall sprinkle the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day shall he sprinkle him, and on the seventh day shall he cleanse him: and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be clean at even.

20 And whosoever shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, his soul shall be cut off from among the congregation: for he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD, and hath not sprinkled sprinkling water upon him: therefore is he unclean.

21 And this shall be a perpetual statute unto them. And he that hath sprinkled with the water of separation shall wash his clothes. And whosoever toucheth the water of sprinkling shall be unclean until the even.

22 And all that he toucheth shall be unclean: and whatsoever soul he toucheth shall be unclean until the even.