NSB(i)
1 Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron:
2 »This is a requirement of the law Jehovah has commanded: ‘Tell the Israelites to bring you a red cow that is perfect, with no defects. Also, it must never have worn a yoke.
3 »‘Give it to Eleazar the priest. It must be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.
4 »‘Eleazar the priest will take some of the blood with his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the tent of meeting.
5 »‘Then the entire cow, the skin, meat, blood, and excrement, will be burned while he watches.
6 »‘The priest will take some cedar wood, a hyssop sprig, and some red yarn and throw them onto the burning cow.
7 »‘The priest must then wash his clothes and his body. After that, he may go into the camp. But he will be unclean until evening.
8 »‘The person who burned the calf must also wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening.
9 »‘A man who is clean will collect the ashes from the cow and put them in a clean place outside the camp. They will be kept by the congregation of Israel and used in the water that takes away uncleanness. The cow is an offering for sin.
10 »‘The one who collected the ashes must wash his clothes. He remains unclean until evening. This regulation is valid for all time to come, both for the Israelites and for the foreigners living among them.
11 »‘Those who touch a corpse are ritually unclean for seven days.
12 »‘They must purify themselves with the water for purification on the third day and on the seventh day. Then they will be clean. But if they do not purify themselves on both the third and the seventh day, they will not be clean.
13 »‘Those who touch a corpse and do not purify themselves remain unclean. This is because the water for purification has not been thrown over them. They defile Jehovah’s tent, and they will no longer be considered God’s people.