1This is what the Lord said to me: Go and get yourself a linen band and put it round you and do not put it in water.
2So, as the Lord said, I got a band for a price and put it round my body.
3And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying,
4Take the band which you got for a price, which is round your body, and go to Parah and put it in a secret place there in a hole of the rock.
5So I went and put it in a secret place by Parah, as the Lord had said to me.
6Then after a long time, the Lord said to me, Up! go to Parah and get the band which I gave you orders to put there.
7So I went to Parah and, uncovering the hole, took the band from the place where I had put it away: and the band was damaged and of no use for anything.
