Numbers 19:6

And the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and a scarlet string, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the cow.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

In Context

5And some one shall burn the cow before his eyes; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn.

7And the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward may he come into the camp; and the priest shall be unclean until the evening.

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:6As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the string of scarlet yarn, and the hyssop, and he shall dip these and the living bird into the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:

Psalms 51:7(51:9) Cleanse me from sin with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 19:2-11

The Ashes of Purification. ( b. c. 1471.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: 3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and… Read the whole commentary →

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