⁷ After that, the priest must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water.^(A) He may then come into the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean till evening.

¹⁰ The man who gathers up^(A) the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he too will be unclean till evening.^(B) This will be a lasting ordinance^(C) both for the Israelites and for the foreigners residing among them.^(D)

²¹ This is a lasting ordinance^(A) for them.

“The man who sprinkles the water of cleansing must also wash his clothes, and anyone who touches the water of cleansing will be unclean till evening. ²² Anything that an unclean^(B) person touches becomes unclean, and anyone who touches it becomes unclean till evening.”