1. The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:
2. This is the regulation in the Instruction that the Lord commanded. Tell the Israelites that they must bring you a red cow without defect, which is flawless and on which no yoke has been laid.
3. You will give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will take it outside the camp and slaughter it in front of him.
4. Eleazar the priest will take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle it seven times in front of the meeting tent.
5. Then he will burn the cow in front of him, its skin, flesh, and blood, with its dung.
6. The priest will take cedarwood, hyssop, and crimson cloth and throw them into the fire where the cow is burning.
7. Then the priest will wash his clothes and bathe his body in water. Afterward the priest will enter the camp, but he will be unclean until evening.
8. The one who burned the cow will wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water, but he will be unclean until evening.