“And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.”
The one who burns the heifer shall wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water; he too shall be unclean until the evening — the worker (not necessarily priestly) who actually burns the heifer also becomes unclean. The law distributes defilement evenly: all who touch the ashes are touched by death, yet their defilement is temporary and remediable. This egalitarian principle suggests that Israel's need for purification is universal.
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