Num 19 | ABEn | STEP | And the lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

Numbers 19

CHAPTER 19 The Law Regarding the Reddish Heifer

1 And the lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 This is a distinction of the law, as many things as the lord ordered, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel! And let them take to you [³heifer ²reddish ¹an unblemished]! which [²is not on ³it ¹a blemish], and which [²was not put ³upon ⁴it ¹a yoke]. 3 And you shall give it to Eleazar the priest; and they shall lead it outside the camp, and they shall slay her before him. 4 And Eleazar shall take of her blood, and he shall sprinkle it before the front of the tent of the testimony of her blood seven times. 5 And you shall incinerate her before him, and her skin, and her meats, and her blood with her dung shall be incinerated. 6 And [³shall take ¹the ²priest] wood of cedar, and hyssop, and scarlet; and they shall put them in the midst of the burning of the heifer. 7 And [³shall wash ⁴his garments ¹the ²priest], and bathe his body in water; and after these things he shall enter into the camp, and [³shall be unclean ¹the ²priest] until evening. 8 And the one incinerating her shall wash his garments in water, and shall bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening. 9 And [³shall gather together ²man ¹a clean] the ashes of the heifer, and shall put them aside outside the camp in [²place ¹a clean]. And it shall be for the congregation of the sons of Israel for preservation. [²water ³of sprinkling ¹It is a purification]. 10 And the one gathering the ashes of the heifer shall wash his garments, and will be unclean until evening. And it will be to the sons of Israel, and to the foreigners lying nearby in the midst of you [²law ¹an eternal]. 11 The one touching [⁴having died ¹any ²departed soul ³of a man] will be unclean seven days. 12 This one shall be purified on the [²day ¹third] and the [²day ¹seventh], and he will be clean. But if he should not be purified on the [²day ¹third], and on the [²day ¹seventh], he will not be clean. 13 Every one touching the one having died of the departed soul of a man, if he should die, and the other should not have been purified, the tent of the lord is defiled; and [²shall be obliterated ¹that soul] from Israel, for water of sprinkling was not sprinkled about upon him; he is unclean; [⁴still ²uncleanness ¹his ⁵with ⁶him ³is]. 14 And this is the law. A man, if he should die in a house, every one entering into the house, and as many as are in the house, will be unclean seven days. 15 And every item being open, as many as have not [²with a bond ¹been bound] upon it is unclean. 16 And all who ever should touch upon the face of the plain one slain, or a dead corpse, or of a bone of mankind, or tomb, for seven days he will be unclean. 17 And they shall take for the unclean some of the ashes of the thing having been incinerated for the purification, and shall pour out upon it [²water ¹living] into a utensil. 18 And [³shall take ⁴hyssop ⁵and ⁶shall dip it ⁷into ⁸the ⁹water ²man ¹a clean], and sprinkle about upon the house, and upon the utensils, and upon the souls, as many as might be there, and upon the one touching the bone of mankind, or of the slain, or of the one having died, or of the tomb. 19 And [³shall sprinkle about ¹the ²clean man] upon the unclean on the [²day ¹third], and on the [²day ¹seventh]; and he shall be purified on the [²day ¹seventh]; and he shall wash his garments, and he shall bathe in water, and he will be unclean until evening. 20 And a man who ever should be defiled, and shall not be purified, [³shall be utterly destroyed ²soul ¹that] from the midst of the congregation, for the holy things of the lord he defiled, for the water of sprinkling was not sprinkled about upon him; he is unclean. 21 And it shall be to you [²law ¹an eternal]. And the one sprinkling about the water of sprinkling, he shall wash his garments; and the one touching the water of sprinkling, he will be unclean until evening. 22 And anything what ever should be touched by him (the one being unclean) shall be unclean until evening.