Numbers 19:1-3

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Ceremony of the Red Heifer

19 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: ² This is a statute of the law that the Lord has commanded: Tell the Israelites to bring you a red heifer without defect, in which there is no blemish and on which no yoke has been laid. ³ You shall give it to the priest Eleazar, and it shall be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.