Numbers 19:6

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

And the priest {H3548} shall take {H3947} cedar {H730} wood {H6086}, and hyssop {H231}, and scarlet {H8438}{H8144}, and cast {H7993} it into the midst {H8432} of the burning {H8316} of the heifer {H6510}.

The cohen is to take cedar-wood, hyssop and scarlet yarn and throw them onto the heifer as it is burning up.

The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.

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

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Cross-References

  • Leviticus 14:4 (6 votes)

    Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive [and] clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

  • Leviticus 14:49 (3 votes)

    And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

  • Psalms 51:7 (3 votes)

    ¶ Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

  • Leviticus 14:6 (3 votes)

    As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird [that was] killed over the running water:

  • Hebrews 9:19 (2 votes)

    For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,

  • Hebrews 9:23 (2 votes)

    ¶ [It was] therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

  • Isaiah 1:18 (2 votes)

    Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.