Ashes:
The ashes on the altar of burnt offering were gathered into a cavity in its surface. The ashes of a red heifer burnt entire, according to regulations prescribed in Numbers 19, had the ceremonial efficacy of purifying the unclean (Hebrews 9:13) but of polluting the clean. SEE [SACRIFICE]. Ashes about the person, especially on the head, were used as a sign of sorrow. SEE [MOURNING].
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