Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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:
Two birds
Cedar
Hyssop
General references
Bible References
Two birds
Leviticus 1:14
‘But if his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring turtledoves or young pigeons as his offering.
Leviticus 5:7
‘But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons as his guilt offering for his sin to the Lord, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.
Leviticus 12:8
If she cannot afford a lamb then she shall take two turtledoves or young pigeons, one as a burnt offering, the other as a sin offering; the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”
Cedar
Leviticus 14:6
As for the live bird, he shall take it together with the cedar wood and the scarlet string and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird sacrificed over the running water.
Numbers 19:6
The priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet [material] and cast them into the midst of the burning heifer.
Hyssop
Exodus 12:22
You shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and touch some of the blood to the lintel [above the doorway] and to the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning.
Numbers 19:18
A clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the furnishings and on the people who were there, and on the one who touched the bone or the one who was killed or the one who died [naturally] or the grave.
Psalm 51:7
Purify me withhyssop, and I will be clean;
Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Purify me with
Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
General references
Leviticus 14:49
To cleanse the house then, he shall take two birds and cedar wood and scarlet string and hyssop;
Numbers 19:6
The priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet [material] and cast them into the midst of the burning heifer.