'Ashes' in the Bible

"They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it.

"A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up outside of the camp in a clean place; and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water for impurity: it is a sin offering.

He who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: and it shall be to the children of Israel, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them, for a statute forever.

"For the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin offering; and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: