Num 19:9 | TNotes | STEP | 19:9 The purpose of the ceremony of burning the red heifer was to produce ashes . These were collected and deposited in a purified place outside the camp until the Israelites needed them in the water for the purification ceremony to remove such defilement as coming into contact with a corpse (19:11-22 ).

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‏ Numbers 19:9

19:9 ^a The purpose of the ceremony of burning the red heifer was to produce ashes. These were collected and deposited in a purified place outside the camp until the Israelites needed them in the water for the purification ceremony to remove such defilement as coming into contact with a corpse (19:11-22 ^b).