⁹ “A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer^(A) and put them in a ceremonially clean place^(B) outside the camp. They are to be kept by the Israelite community for use in the water of cleansing;^(C) it is for purification from sin.^{(D) 10} The man who gathers up^(E) the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he too will be unclean till evening.^(F) This will be a lasting ordinance^(G) both for the Israelites and for the foreigners residing among them.^(H)

¹¹ “Whoever touches a human corpse^(I) will be unclean for seven days.^{(J) 12} They must purify themselves with the water on the third day and on the seventh day;^(K) then they will be clean. But if they do not purify themselves on the third and seventh days, they will not be clean.^{(L) 13} If they fail to purify themselves after touching a human corpse,^(M) they defile the Lord’s tabernacle.^(N) They must be cut off from Israel.^(O) Because the water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, they are unclean;^(P) their uncleanness remains on them.

¹⁴ “This is the law that applies when a person dies in a tent: Anyone who enters the tent and anyone who is in it will be unclean for seven days, ¹⁵ and every open container^(Q) without a lid fastened on it will be unclean.

¹⁶ “Anyone out in the open who touches someone who has been killed with a sword or someone who has died a natural death,^(R) or anyone who touches a human bone^(S) or a grave,^(T) will be unclean for seven days.^(U)

¹⁷ “For the unclean person, put some ashes^(V) from the burned purification offering into a jar and pour fresh water^(W) over them. ¹⁸ Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop,^(X) dip it in the water and sprinkle^(Y) the tent and all the furnishings and the people who were there. He must also sprinkle anyone who has touched a human bone or a grave^(Z) or anyone who has been killed or anyone who has died a natural death.