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And the priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet, and cast them into the midst of the fire burning the heifer.
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Then the priest shall wash his clothes, he shall bathe in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp; the priest shall be unclean until evening.
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And the one who burns it shall wash his clothes in water, bathe in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
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Then a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and store them outside the camp in a clean place; and they shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for the water of purification; it is for purifying from sin.
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And the one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until evening. It shall be a statute forever to the children of Israel and to the stranger who dwells among them.
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'He who touches the dead body of anyone shall be unclean seven days.
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He shall purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not be clean.
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Whoever touches the body of anyone who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the Lord. That person shall be cut off from Israel. He shall be unclean, because the water of purification was not sprinkled on him; his uncleanness is still on him.
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'This is the law when a man dies in a tent: All who come into the tent and all who are in the tent shall be unclean seven days;
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and every open vessel, which has no cover fastened on it, is unclean.
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Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain by a sword or who has died, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.