He who burns them: this may also be made more explicit by saying “the person who burns the bull and the goat.”

Wash his clothes: see 11.25.

Bathe his body in water: see verses 4, 24, 26, and 14.9.

Afterward …: see verse 26.

Quoted with permission from Péter-Contesse, René and Ellington, John. A Handbook on Leviticus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1990. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .