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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872] and unto Aaron[H175], saying[H559],
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This is the ordinance[H2708] of the law[H8451] which the LORD[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]:
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And ye shall give[H5414] her unto Eleazar[H499] the priest[H3548], that he may bring her forth[H3318]without[H2351] the camp[H4264], and one shall slay[H7819] her before[H6440] his face:
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And Eleazar[H499] the priest[H3548] shall take[H3947] of her blood[H1818] with his finger[H676], and sprinkle[H5137] of her blood[H1818]directly[H5227]before[H6440] the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150]seven[H7651]times[H6471]:
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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]:
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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].
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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].
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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].
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And a man[H376] that is clean[H2889] shall gather[H622]up[H3240] 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] of separation[H5079]: it is a purification for sin[H2403].
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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].
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He that toucheth[H5060] the dead[H4191]body[H5315] of any man[H120] shall be unclean[H2930]seven[H7651]days[H3117].
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He shall purify[H2398] himself with it 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].
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Whosoever toucheth[H5060] the dead[H4191]body[H5315] of any man[H120] that is dead[H4191], and purifieth[H2398] not himself, defileth[H2930] the tabernacle[H4908] of the LORD[H3068]; and that soul[H5315] shall be cut off[H3772] from Israel[H3478]: because the water[H4325] of separation[H5079] was not sprinkled[H2236] upon him, he shall be unclean[H2931]; his uncleanness[H2932] is yet upon him.
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This is the law[H8451], when a man[H120]dieth[H4191] in a tent[H168]: all that come[H935] into the tent[H168], and all that is in the tent[H168], shall be unclean[H2930]seven[H7651]days[H3117].
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And every open[H6605]vessel[H3627], which hath no covering[H6781]bound[H6616] upon it, is unclean[H2931].
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And whosoever toucheth[H5060] one that is slain[H2491] with a sword[H2719] in the open[H6440]fields[H7704], 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].
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And for an unclean[H2931] person they shall take[H3947] of the ashes[H6083] of the burnt heifer[H8316] of purification for sin[H2403], and running[H2416]water[H4325] shall be put[H5414] thereto in a vessel[H3627]:
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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] a bone[H6106], or one slain[H2491], or one dead[H4191], or a grave[H6913]:
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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] himself, and wash[H3526] his clothes[H899], and bathe[H7364] himself in water[H4325], and shall be clean[H2891] at even[H6153].
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But the man[H376] that shall be unclean[H2930], and shall not purify[H2398] himself, that soul[H5315] shall be cut off[H3772] from among[H8432] the congregation[H6951], because he hath defiled[H2930] the sanctuary[H4720] of the LORD[H3068]: the water[H4325] of separation[H5079] hath not been sprinkled[H2236] upon him; he is unclean[H2931].
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And it shall be a perpetual[H5769]statute[H2708] unto them, that he that sprinkleth[H5137] the water[H4325] of separation[H5079] shall wash[H3526] his clothes[H899]; and he that toucheth[H5060] the water[H4325] of separation[H5079] shall be unclean[H2930] until even[H6153].
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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].