Numbers 19:7-9

Expanded Bible

⁷ After the priest has washed himself and his clothes with water, he may come back into the camp, but he will be unclean [^Cin a ritual sense] until evening. ⁸ The man who burns the ·cow [^Theifer] must wash himself and his clothes in water; he will be unclean until evening.

⁹ “Then someone who is clean [^Cin a ritual sense] will collect the ashes from the ·cow [^Theifer] and put them in a clean place outside the camp. The ·Israelites [^Lcommunity/congregation/assembly of the sons/^Tchildren of Israel] will keep these ashes to use in the cleansing water, in a ·special ceremony to cleanse away sin [^Lsin offering; or purification offering; Lev. 4:3].