Numbers 19

1 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses and to(wards) Aaron to/for to say

Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,

2 this statute [the] instruction which to command LORD to/for to say to speak: speak to(wards) son: descendant/people Israel and to take: bring to(wards) you heifer red unblemished which nothing in/on/with her blemish which not to ascend: rise upon her yoke

“I am now giving to you another regulation. Tell the Israeli people to bring to you one reddish-brown cow that has no defects. It must be an animal that (has never been/no one has ever) used for plowing ground.

3 and to give: give [obj] her to(wards) Eleazar [the] priest and to come out: send [obj] her to(wards) from outside to/for camp and to slaughter [obj] her to/for face: before his

Give it to Eleazar, the priest. He must take it outside the camp and slaughter it [and drain the blood in a basin].

4 and to take: take Eleazar [the] priest from blood her in/on/with finger his and to sprinkle to(wards) before face: before tent meeting from blood her seven beat

He must dip one of his fingers in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times [on the ground] near the Sacred Tent.

5 and to burn [obj] [the] heifer to/for eye: seeing his [obj] skin her and [obj] flesh her and [obj] blood her upon refuse her to burn

Then, while Eleazar watches, the cow must be burned completely—its hide, its meat, [the rest of] its blood, and even its dung.

6 and to take: take [the] priest tree: wood cedar and hyssop and scarlet worm and to throw to(wards) midst fire [the] heifer

Eliezer then must take a stick of cedar wood, a stalk of [a plant named] hyssop, and some scarlet/red yarn, and throw them into the fire where the cow is burning.

7 and to wash garment his [the] priest and to wash: wash flesh his in/on/with water and after to come (in): come to(wards) [the] camp and to defile [the] priest till [the] evening

“Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe. After doing that, he may return to the camp. But he will be unfit for doing any sacred work until that evening.

8 and [the] to burn [obj] her to wash garment his in/on/with water and to wash: wash flesh his in/on/with water and to defile till [the] evening

The man who burns the cow must also wash his clothes and bathe, and he will also be unacceptable to me until that evening.

9 and to gather man pure [obj] ashes [the] heifer and to rest from outside to/for camp in/on/with place pure and to be to/for congregation son: descendant/people Israel to/for charge to/for water impurity sin: sin offering he/she/it

“Then someone who has not become unacceptable to me must gather up the ashes of the cow and put them in a (sacred place/place that is acceptable to me) outside the camp. The ashes must be kept there for the people of Israel to [use when they] mix it with water for the ritual to remove the guilt of sin.

10 and to wash [the] to gather [obj] ashes [the] heifer [obj] garment his and to defile till [the] evening and to be to/for son: descendant/people Israel and to/for sojourner [the] to sojourn in/on/with midst their to/for statute forever: enduring

The man who gathers up the ashes of the cow must [also] wash his clothes, and he [also] will be unfit to do any more sacred work until that evening. That is a regulation that will never be changed. It must be obeyed by you Israeli people and by any foreigners who live among you.

11 [the] to touch in/on/with to die to/for all soul: dead man and to defile seven day

“All those who touch a corpse will be unacceptable to me for seven days.

12 he/she/it to sin in/on/with him in/on/with day [the] third and in/on/with day [the] seventh be pure and if not to sin in/on/with day [the] third and in/on/with day [the] seventh not be pure

On the third day and on the seventh day [after touching a corpse], in order to become acceptable to me again, [they must have sprinkled on them] some of that water for removing the guilt of their sin. If they do not do that on both of those days, they will continue to be unacceptable to me.

13 all [the] to touch in/on/with to die in/on/with soul: dead [the] man which to die and not to sin [obj] tabernacle LORD to defile and to cut: eliminate [the] soul: person [the] he/she/it from Israel for water impurity not to scatter upon him unclean to be still uncleanness his in/on/with him

All those who touch a corpse, and do not perform in the correct way the ritual to become acceptable to me again, defile Yahweh’s Sacred Tent. They will no longer be permitted to live among the Israeli people. The water to remove the guilt of sin was not sprinkled on them, so they continue to be unacceptable to me.

14 this [the] instruction man for to die in/on/with tent all [the] to come (in): come to(wards) [the] tent and all which in/on/with tent to defile seven day

“There is another ritual that must be performed when someone dies inside a tent. All those who were inside that tent when that person died or who enter that tent will be unacceptable to me for seven days.

15 and all article/utensil to open which nothing cover cord upon him unclean he/she/it

Any jars that are inside that tent that are not covered are not permitted to be used.

16 and all which to touch upon face: surface [the] land: country in/on/with slain: killed sword or in/on/with to die or in/on/with bone man or in/on/with grave to defile seven day

If someone who is out in a field touches the corpse of someone who was murdered, or who died from natural causes, or if someone touches a bone from some human or touches a grave, that person will be unacceptable to me for seven days.

17 and to take: take to/for unclean from dust fire [the] sin: sin offering and to give: put upon him water alive to(wards) article/utensil

“For someone like that to become acceptable to me again, some of the ashes from [the cow] that was burned must be taken and put in a jar. Then some fresh water must be poured over the ashes.

18 and to take: take hyssop and to dip in/on/with water man pure and to sprinkle upon [the] tent and upon all [the] article/utensil and upon [the] soul: person which to be there and upon [the] to touch in/on/with bone or in/on/with slain: killed or in/on/with to die or in/on/with grave

Then someone who is still acceptable to me must take a stalk of [a plant named] hyssop and dip it into the water. Then that person must sprinkle some of the water on the tent where that person died, on the things that are in the tent, and on the people who were in the tent. He must also sprinkle some of that water on any person who touched a human bone or who touched a person who died, or who touched a grave.

19 and to sprinkle [the] pure upon [the] unclean in/on/with day [the] third and in/on/with day [the] seventh and to sin him in/on/with day [the] seventh and to wash garment his and to wash: wash in/on/with water and be pure in/on/with evening

On the third day and on the seventh day after that, the person who is acceptable to me must sprinkle some of that water on those who have become unacceptable to me. On the seventh day, the people who are performing that ritual to become acceptable to me again must wash their clothes and bathe. If they do that, on that evening they will become acceptable to me again.

20 and man which to defile and not to sin and to cut: eliminate [the] soul: person [the] he/she/it from midst [the] assembly for [obj] sanctuary LORD to defile water impurity not to scatter upon him unclean he/she/it

“If those who have become unacceptable to me do not become acceptable to me again by doing this, they will no longer be permitted to live among the Israeli people, because they have defiled my Sacred Tent. They did not sprinkle on themselves the water that removes the guilt of their sins, so they remain unacceptable to me.

21 and to be to/for them to/for statute forever: enduring and to sprinkle water [the] impurity to wash garment his and [the] to touch in/on/with water [the] impurity to defile till [the] evening

That is a law for the Israeli people that will never be changed. Those who sprinkle that water on themselves must then wash their clothes. And anyone who touches that water which removes guilt for sins will remain unacceptable to God until that evening.

22 and all which to touch in/on/with him [the] unclean to defile and [the] soul: person [the] to touch to defile till [the] evening

“If someone touches a thing or a person that has become unacceptable to me, that person will remain unacceptable to me until that evening.”