Then shall the [a]Priest wash his clothes, and he shall wash his flesh in water, and then come into the host, and the Priest shall be unclean unto the even.

Also he that [b]burneth her, shall wash his clothes in water, and wash his flesh in water, and be unclean until even.

And a man, that is clean, shall take up the ashes of the cow, and put them without the host in a clean place: and it shall be kept for the Congregation of the children of Israel for [c]a sprinkling water: it is a sin offering.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 19:7 Meaning, Eleazar.
  2. Numbers 19:8 The inferior Priest who killed her, and burned her.
  3. Numbers 19:9 Or, the water of separation because they that were separate for their uncleanness, were sprinkled therewith and made clean, Num. 8:7. It is also called holy water, because [it] was ordained to an holy use, Num. 1:17.

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