Numbers 19:2-9

2“This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded, saying, ‘Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring you an 1unblemished red heifer in which there is no defect and 2on which a yoke has never 3been mounted.

3And you shall give it to 4Eleazar the priest, and it shall 5be brought outside the camp and be slaughtered in his presence.

4And Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and 6sprinkle some of its blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times.

5Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight; 7its hide, its flesh, and its blood, with its refuse, shall be burned.

6And the priest shall take 8cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet material, and throw it into the midst of the 9burning heifer.

7The priest 10shall then wash his clothes and bathe his 11body in water, and afterward come into the camp; but the priest will be 12unclean until evening.

8The one who burns 13the heifer shall also wash his clothes in water and bathe his 14body in water, and will be unclean until evening.

9Now a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and put them outside the camp in a clean place, and 15the congregation of the sons of Israel shall keep them for 16water to remove impurity; it is 17purification from sin.