KJV 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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.
WEB World English Bible
and the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
ASV American Standard Version
and the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the priest hath taken cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and hath cast unto the midst of the burning of the cow;
Surrounding context — Numbers 19
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 sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:
5 And [one] shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast [it] into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.
8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
9 And a man [that is] clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay [them] up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it [is] a purification for sin.
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וְלָקַ֣חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeהַכֹּהֵ֗ןH3548 · ko.henpriestעֵ֥ץH6086 · etstree: woodאֶ֛רֶזH730 · e.rezcedarוְאֵז֖וֹבH231 · e.zovhyssopוּשְׁנִ֣יH8144 · sha.niscarletתוֹלָ֑עַתH8438 · to.lawormוְהִשְׁלִ֕יךְH7993 · sha.lakhto throwאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)תּ֖וֹךְH8432 · ta.vekhmidstשְׂרֵפַ֥תH8316 · se.re.phahfireהַפָּרָֽה׃H6510 · pa.rahheifer
Cross-references
Leviticus 14:4Then 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 14:49And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:Psalm 51:7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.Leviticus 14:6As 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 9:19-23For 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,Isaiah 1:18Come 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.
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