Numbers 19:10-12

New Catholic Bible

¹⁰ The man who gathers the ashes of the heifer will wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until the evening. This is the way it will be for the people of Israel and the foreigner dwelling among them, a statute forever.

¹¹ Water of Purification.“ ‘Whoever touches a person’s dead body will be unclean for seven days. ¹² He will purify himself with the water on the third day, and on the seventh day he will be clean; but if he does not cleanse himself on the third day, then he will not be clean on the seventh day.