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.
11. Those who touch a dead body will be unclean for seven days.
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.
13. Those who touch the body of someone who has died are unclean. If they stay unclean and then go to the Lord’S Holy Tent, they make it unclean. So they must be separated from the Israelites. Because the special water was not thrown on them, they remain unclean.
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.
15. And every jar or pot without a lid becomes unclean.