1Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
2“This is the statute of the law that…
3Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he…
4Eleazar the priest is to take some of…
5Then the heifer must be burned in his…
6The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop,…
7Then the priest must wash his clothes and…
8The one who burned the heifer must also…
9Then a man who is ceremonially clean is…
10The man who has gathered up the ashes…
11Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean…
12He must purify himself with the water on…
13Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails…
14This is the law when a person dies…
15and any open container without a lid fastened…
16Anyone in the open field who touches someone…
17For the purification of the unclean person, take…
18Then a man who is ceremonially clean is…
19The man who is ceremonially clean is to…
20But if a person who is unclean does…
21This is a permanent statute for the people:…
22Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean,…
