10 Pile on the logs and kindle the fire; cook the meat well and mix in the spices; let the bones be burned. 11 Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed. 12 It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.
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