⁶ He is then to take the live bird and dip it, together with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, into the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water.^{(A) 7} Seven times^(B) he shall sprinkle^(C) the one to be cleansed of the defiling disease, and then pronounce them clean. After that, he is to release the live bird in the open fields.^(D)

⁸ “The person to be cleansed must wash their clothes,^(E) shave off all their hair and bathe with water;^(F) then they will be ceremonially clean.^(G) After this they may come into the camp,^(H) but they must stay outside their tent for seven days.