Numbers 19:6

Then shall the priest take cedar-wood and hyssop and crimson,—and cast into the midst of the burning up of the heifer.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 the heifer shall be burned up before his eyes,—her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung shall be burned up.

7And the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his flesh in water, and afterwards come into the camp,—but 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 crimson, and the hyssop,—and shall dip them and the living bird, in the blood of the bird that hath been slain over the living water;

Psalms 51:7Wilt thou cleanse me from sin with hyssop, That I may be pure? Wilt thou wash me, That I may be whiter, than snow?

Hebrews 9:19For, when every commandment according to the law had been spoken by Moses unto all the people, taking the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, both, the scroll itself, and all the people, he sprinkled;

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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