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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Gill's Exposition
And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet,.... Another priest, according to the Targum of Jonathan; but it seems to design Eleazar the priest, and so, in later times, the same…
We have here the divine appointment concerning the solemn burning of a red heifer to ashes, and the preserving of the ashes, that of them might be made, not a beautifying, but a purifying, water, for…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
cedar wood, and hyssop The former, perhaps, for its durability, the latter for its cleansing qualities. It is doubtful, however, if -hyssop" is the true rendering of the Heb. "çzôbh, since the hyssop…
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