abstract:The red heifer (; parah adumah), also known as a red cow, was a sacrifice in the Hebrew Bible, the ashes of which were used for the ritual purification of an ancient Israelite who had come into contact with a corpse.
This is a requirement of thelaw that the Lord has commanded: Tellthe Israelitesto bringyou a redheiferwithoutdefect or blemish and that has never beenunder a yoke.
