Numbers 19:6
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6 The priest shall take cedarwood, hyssop, and crimson material and throw them into the fire in which the heifer is burning.(A)
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Leviticus 14:4
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4 the priest shall command that two living clean birds and cedarwood and crimson yarn and hyssop be brought for the one who is to be cleansed.(A)
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Psalm 51:7
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7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.(A)
Leviticus 14:49
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49 For the cleansing of the house he shall take two birds, with cedarwood and crimson yarn and hyssop,(A)
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Leviticus 14:6
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6 He shall take the living bird with the cedarwood and the crimson yarn and the hyssop and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.
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Hebrews 9:19-23
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19 For when every commandment had been told to all the people by Moses in accordance with the law, he took the blood of calves and goats,[a] with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the scroll itself and all the people,(A) 20 saying, “This is the blood of the covenant that God has ordained for you.” 21 And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both the tent[b] and all the vessels used in worship.(B) 22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.(C)
Christ’s Sacrifice Takes Away Sin
23 Thus it was necessary for the sketches of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves need better sacrifices than these.
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Isaiah 1:18
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18 Come now, let us argue it out,
says the Lord:
If your sins are like scarlet,
will they become like snow?
If they are red like crimson,
will they become like wool?(A)
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