10. The man who collected the cow’s ashes must wash his clothes. He will be unclean until evening. This is a lasting rule. It is for the Israelites and for the foreigners among them.
11. “Whoever touches a dead body will be unclean for seven days.
12. He must wash himself with this water. He must do this on the third day and on the seventh day. Then he will be clean. But if he does not wash himself on the third day and the seventh day, he cannot be clean.
13. Whoever touches a dead body is unclean. If he stays unclean and goes to the Lord’s Holy Tent, it becomes unclean. So he must be separated from Israel. If the cleansing water is not sprinkled on him, he will stay unclean.
14. “This is the teaching about someone who dies in his tent. Anyone in the tent or who enters it will be unclean for seven days.
15. And every open jar or pot without a cover becomes unclean.
16. If anyone touches someone who was killed by a sword or who died a natural death, he is unclean. If he touches a human bone or a grave, he is unclean. He will be unclean for seven days.
17. “So you must use the ashes from the burnt offering to make that person clean again. Pour fresh water over the ashes into a jar.