Then the priest must take a cedar stick, a hyssop [252] branch, and some red string. The priest must throw those things into the fire where the cow is burning.
The Lord says, “Come, let’s discuss these things. Your sins are red like scarlet, {\cf2\super [11]} but they can be \{washed away and you will be\} white like snow. Your sins are bright red, but you can become white like wool.
If the person is healthy, then the priest will tell him to do these things: That person must get two living clean [193] birds. He must also get a piece of cedar wood, a piece of red cloth, and a hyssop [194] plant.
The priest must take the other bird that is still alive and the piece of cedar wood, the piece of red cloth, and the hyssop plant. He must dip the living bird and the other things in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water.