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1. The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said,
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1. And the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 unto H413 Moses H4872 and unto H413 Aaron H175 , saying H559 ,
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2. "These are the laws from the teachings that the Lord gave to the Israelites. Get a red cow that has nothing wrong with it. That cow must not have any bruises. And it must never have worn a yoke.
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2. This H2063 is the ordinance H2708 of the law H8451 which H834 the LORD H3068 hath commanded H6680 , saying H559 , Speak H1696 unto H413 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , that they bring H3947 H413 thee a red H122 heifer H6510 without spot H8549 , wherein H834 is no H369 blemish H3971 , and upon H5921 which H834 never H3808 came H5927 yoke H5923 :
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3. Give that cow to Eleazar, and he will take it outside the camp and kill it there.
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3. And ye shall give H5414 her unto H413 Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 , that he may bring her forth H3318 H853 without H413 H4480 H2351 the camp H4264 , and one shall slay H7819 her before H6440 his face:
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4. Then Eleazar the priest must put some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle some of the blood toward the Holy Tent. He must do this seven times.
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4. And Eleazar H499 the priest H3548 shall take H3947 of her blood H4480 H1818 with his finger H676 , and sprinkle H5137 of her blood H4480 H1818 directly H413 H5227 before H6440 the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 seven H7651 times H6471 :
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5. Then the whole cow must be burned in front of him; the skin, the meat, the blood, and the intestines must all be burned.
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5. And one shall burn H8313 H853 the heifer H6510 in his sight H5869 ; H853 her skin H5785 , and her flesh H1320 , and her blood H1818 , with H5921 her dung H6569 , shall he burn H8313 :
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6. Then the priest must take a cedar stick, a hyssop branch, and some red string. He must throw these things into the fire where the cow is burning.
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6. And the priest H3548 shall take H3947 cedar H730 wood H6086 , and hyssop H231 , and scarlet H8144 H8438 , and cast H7993 it into H413 the midst H8432 of the burning H8316 of the heifer H6510 .
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7. Then the priest must wash himself and his clothes with water. Then he must come back into the camp. He will be unclean until evening.
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7. Then the priest H3548 shall wash H3526 his clothes H899 , and he shall bathe H7364 his flesh H1320 in water H4325 , and afterward H310 he shall come H935 into H413 the camp H4264 , and the priest H3548 shall be unclean H2930 until H5704 the even H6153 .
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8. The man who burns that cow must wash himself and his clothes in water. He will be unclean until evening.
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8. And he that burneth H8313 her shall wash H3526 his clothes H899 in water H4325 , and bathe H7364 his flesh H1320 in water H4325 , and shall be unclean H2930 until H5704 the even H6153 .
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9. "Then someone who is clean will collect the ashes from the cow and put them in a clean place outside the camp. These ashes will be used when someone must keep a special ceremony to become clean. These ashes will also be used to remove a person's sins.
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9. And a man H376 that is clean H2889 shall gather up H622 H853 the ashes H665 of the heifer H6510 , and lay them up H5117 without H4480 H2351 the camp H4264 in a clean H2889 place H4725 , and it shall be H1961 kept H4931 for the congregation H5712 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 for a water H4325 of separation H5079 : it H1931 is a purification for sin H2403 .
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10. "The man who collected the cow's ashes must wash his clothes. He will be unclean until evening. "This rule will continue forever. This rule is for the citizens of Israel and for the foreigners living with you.
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10. And he that gathereth H622 H853 the ashes H665 of the heifer H6510 shall wash H3526 H853 his clothes H899 , and be unclean H2930 until H5704 the even H6153 : and it shall be H1961 unto the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , and unto the stranger H1616 that sojourneth H1481 among H8432 them , for a statute H2708 forever H5769 .
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11. Those who touch a dead body will be unclean for seven days.
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11. He that toucheth H5060 the dead H4191 body H5315 of any H3605 man H120 shall be unclean H2930 seven H7651 days H3117 .
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12. They must wash themselves with the special water on the third day and again on the seventh day. If they don't do this, they will remain unclean.
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12. He H1931 shall purify himself H2398 with it on the third H7992 day H3117 , and on the seventh H7637 day H3117 he shall be clean H2891 : but if H518 he purify not himself H2398 H3808 the third H7992 day H3117 , then the seventh H7637 day H3117 he shall not H3808 be clean H2891 .
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13. Those who touch a dead body are unclean. If they stay unclean and then go to the Holy Tent, the Holy Tent becomes unclean. So they must be separated from the Israelites. If the special water is not thrown on an unclean person, that person will stay unclean.
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13. Whosoever H3605 toucheth H5060 the dead H4191 body H5315 of any man H120 that H834 is dead H4191 , and purifieth not himself H2398 H3808 , defileth H2930 H853 the tabernacle H4908 of the LORD H3068 ; and that H1931 soul H5315 shall be cut off H3772 from Israel H4480 H3478 : because H3588 the water H4325 of separation H5079 was not H3808 sprinkled H2236 upon H5921 him , he shall be H1961 unclean H2931 ; his uncleanness H2932 is yet H5750 upon him.
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14. "This is the rule about those who die in their tents: If someone dies in the tent, everyone in the tent will be unclean for seven days.
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14. This H2063 is the law H8451 , when H3588 a man H120 dieth H4191 in a tent H168 : all H3605 that come H935 into H413 the tent H168 , and all H3605 that H834 is in the tent H168 , shall be unclean H2930 seven H7651 days H3117 .
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15. And every jar or pot without a lid becomes unclean.
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15. And every H3605 open H6605 vessel H3627 , which H834 hath no H369 covering H6781 bound H6616 upon H5921 it H1931 , is unclean H2931 .
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16. If there is a dead body out in a field, whether the person died in battle or for some other reason, whoever touches that dead body, or its bones, or even its grave will be unclean for seven days.
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16. And whosoever H3605 H834 toucheth H5060 one that is slain H2491 with a sword H2719 in H5921 the open H6440 fields H7704 , or H176 a dead body H4191 , or H176 a bone H6106 of a man H120 , or H176 a grave H6913 , shall be unclean H2930 seven H7651 days H3117 .
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17. "If you have become unclean, someone must use the ashes from the burned cow to make you clean again. They must pour fresh water over the ashes into a jar.
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17. And for an unclean H2931 person they shall take H3947 of the ashes H4480 H6083 of the burnt heifer H8316 of purification for sin H2403 , and running H2416 water H4325 shall be put H5414 thereto H5921 in H413 a vessel H3627 :
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18. That clean person must take a hyssop branch and dip it into the water. The clean person must sprinkle it over the tent, the dishes, and any people who were in the tent. That clean person must do this for anyone who touches a dead body, its bones, or even a grave.
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18. And a clean H2889 person H376 shall take H3947 hyssop H231 , and dip H2881 it in the water H4325 , and sprinkle H5137 it upon H5921 the tent H168 , and upon H5921 all H3605 the vessels H3627 , and upon H5921 the persons H5315 that H834 were H1961 there H8033 , and upon H5921 him that touched H5060 a bone H6106 , or H176 one slain H2491 , or H176 one dead H4191 , or H176 a grave H6913 :
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19. "Then that clean person must sprinkle this water on you on the third day and again on the seventh day. On the seventh day you will become clean. You must wash your clothes in water and you will become clean in the evening.
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19. And the clean H2889 person shall sprinkle H5137 upon H5921 the unclean H2931 on the third H7992 day H3117 , and on the seventh H7637 day H3117 : and on the seventh H7637 day H3117 he shall purify H2398 himself , and wash H3526 his clothes H899 , and bathe H7364 himself in water H4325 , and shall be clean H2891 at even H6153 .
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20. "Whoever becomes unclean and does not become clean, must be separated from the community. If an unclean person is not sprinkled with that special water and does not become clean, that person might make the Holy Tent unclean.
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20. But the man H376 that H834 shall be unclean H2930 , and shall not H3808 purify himself H2398 , that H1931 soul H5315 shall be cut off H3772 from among H4480 H8432 the congregation H6951 , because H3588 he hath defiled H2930 H853 the sanctuary H4720 of the LORD H3068 : the water H4325 of separation H5079 hath not H3808 been sprinkled H2236 upon H5921 him; he H1931 is unclean H2931 .
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21. This rule will be for you forever. And whoever sprinkled the special water must wash their clothes because they will be unclean until evening.
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21. And it shall be H1961 a perpetual H5769 statute H2708 unto them , that he that sprinkleth H5137 the water H4325 of separation H5079 shall wash H3526 his clothes H899 ; and he that toucheth H5060 the water H4325 of separation H5079 shall be unclean H2930 until H5704 even H6153 .
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22. And whoever an unclean person touches will be unclean until evening."
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22. And whatsoever H3605 H834 the unclean H2931 person toucheth H5060 shall be unclean H2930 ; and the soul H5315 that toucheth H5060 it shall be unclean H2930 until H5704 even H6153 .
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