“And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.”
The person to be cleansed must wash their clothes, shave off all their hair and bathe with water; then they will be ceremonially clean. After this they may come into the camp, but they must stay outside their tent for seven days. After the first-stage cleansing ceremony, the person washes their clothes, shaves all their hair, and bathes. The shaving of all body hair removes the last physical marks of the disease period. The person can now come into the camp — the isolation is over — but must remain outside their own tent for another seven days. The staged re-entry communicates the gradual reintegration that the cleansing process involves.
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