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"This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded, saying, 'Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring you an ^(C1)unblemished red heifer in which there is no defect and ^(C2)on which a yoke has never ^(F1)been mounted.

'Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight; ^(C1)its hide, its flesh, and its blood, with its refuse, shall be burned.

'Now a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and put them outside the camp in a clean place, and ^(F1)the congregation of the sons of Israel shall keep them for ^(C1)water to remove impurity; it is ^(F2)purification from sin.

'And the one who gathers the ashes of the heifer ^(C1)shall wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening; and it shall be a permanent statute for the sons of Israel and for the stranger who resides among them.

'Then for the unclean person they shall take some of the ^(F1)ashes of the ^(F2)burnt ^(F3)(C1)purification from sin and ^(F4)running water shall be ^(F5)added to them in a container.