1. And Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
2. “This is the decree of the law that Yahweh has commanded, saying, ‘Speak to the Israelites and let them take to you a red heifer without a physical defect, on which a yoke has not been placed.
3. And you will give it to Eleazar the priest, and it will be brought out to a place outside the camp, and it will be slaughtered in his presence.
4. Then Eleazar the priest will take some of its blood on his finger and spatter it toward the mouth of the tent of assembly seven times.