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:

General references

Bible References

Two birds

Leviticus 1:14
"If his offering is a burnt offering of birds to the LORD, he is to bring turtledoves or young doves.
Leviticus 5:7
"If he can't afford a goat, then he is to bring to the LORD for his sin offering two turtledoves or two young doves: one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
Leviticus 12:8
If she cannot afford a goat, then two turtledoves or two young doves one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering will serve for him to make atonement for her, so that she becomes clean."

Cedar

Leviticus 14:6
He is to take the live bird, the cedar wood, the crimson thread, and the hyssop, and dip them together in the blood of the bird that had been slaughtered over the flowing water.
Numbers 19:6
Then the priest is to take some cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet material and throw it into the middle of the burning heifer.

Hyssop

Exodus 12:22
Take a bundle of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and apply some of the blood in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts. None of you is to go out of the doorway of his house until morning,
Numbers 19:18
A clean person is to take some hyssop, dip it in water, and then sprinkle it on the tent, on every vessel, and on whoever was there (that is, on whoever touched the bones, the killed person, or the dead body, including whoever dug the grave).
Psalm 51:7
Purge me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

General references

Leviticus 14:49
In order to cleanse the house, he is to take two birds, some cedar wood, two crimson threads, and some hyssop.
Numbers 19:6
Then the priest is to take some cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet material and throw it into the middle of the burning heifer.

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