²⁸ The one who burns them is to wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterwards he may re-enter the camp.

¹⁵ ‘Every person, whether the native or the resident foreigner,^(A) who eats an animal that died a natural death or was mauled by wild beasts^(B) is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening; then he will be clean. ¹⁶ But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe himself, he will bear his iniquity.’

⁶ the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening^(A) and is not to eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body with water.

⁷ Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will remain ceremonially unclean until evening. ⁸ The one who burned the cow must also wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he will remain unclean until evening.

⁹ ‘A man who is clean is to gather up the cow’s ashes and deposit them outside the camp in a ceremonially clean place. The ashes will be kept by the Israelite community for preparing the water to remove impurity; it is a sin offering.^{(A) 10} Then the one who gathers up the cow’s ashes must wash his clothes, and he will remain unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner who resides among them.