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The Process of Purification
“Then I shall sprinkle pure waters upon you, and you shall be clean, from all your uncleanness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. I will also give you a new heart, and I will place within you a new spirit.” (Ezekiel 36:25–26)
Numbers 19 describes the slaughtering and preparation process for the red-heifer purification offering, given by God as “a lasting ordinance both for the Israelites and for the foreigners residing among them.” (Numbers 19:10)
God told Moses that the sacrificial altar of the Red Heifer was to be built “outside” the camp, 2000 cubits (2,916 feet) to the east of the tent tabernacle.
In Yeshua’s day, that altar was atop the Mount of Olives, although no ruins of the altar that existed then remain today.
The Red Heifer Bridge led from the Temple Mount to the Mount of Olives, where the priest would have had a direct view over the East Gate and the inner east gate, looking for the signal as to when to begin the sacrifice.