A clean person shall take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, and on him who touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave.
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A clean person shall take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, and on him who touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave.
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And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
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And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave.
Cross-references (8)
Passages linked to Numbers 19:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezekiel 36:25-27 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness, and from all your idols. I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes. You will keep my ordinances and do them.
- Hebrews 9:14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
- Numbers 19:9 “A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up outside of the camp in a clean place; and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for use in water for cleansing impurity. It is a sin offering.
- Psalms 51:7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
- John 15:2-3 Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
- John 17:17 Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.
- 1 Corinthians 1:30 Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
- John 17:19 For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain One of the priests which is clean.
One of the priests which is clean.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 19:18 And a clean person shall take hyssop,…
Num 19:18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip [it] in the water, and sprinkle [it] upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
Ver. 18. Shall take hyssop.] No benefit by Christ, without mortification of sin.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain A clean person, to wit, a priest; for to…
A clean person, to wit, a priest; for to such the work of cleansing was appropriated. See Le 13.
Upon all the vessels; even those which were in part purified by the fire. See Num 31:23.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip…
And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water,.... Three stalks of hyssop bound together, as the Targum of Jonathan, and this man was to be a clean priest, according to the same; but it does not seem necessary that he should be a priest, but that anyone free from ceremonial pollution might do it:
and sprinkle it upon the tent; where there was a dead body: but this, we are told, is to be understood not of a tent made of wood, or stone, or clay, but made of anything woven, as linen: or of skins (u):
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and upon all the vessels; in such a tent, that is, open ones, as before observed:
and upon the persons that were there: when the man died in it, or came into it since, and while the dead body was in it:
and upon him that touched a bone; of a dead man, or, as the Targum of Jonathan, the bone of a living man that is separated from him:
or one slain, or one dead; slain with a sword, or dead of the pestilence, as the same Targum, or of any other disease, or in any other way:
or a grave; or the covering or side of one, as the same Targum adds.
(u) Maimon. in Misn. Sabbat, c. 2. sect. 3.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 19:18. A clean person shall take hyssop —…
Num 19:18. A clean person shall take hyssop — In allusion to this David prays, Purge me with hyssop. Faith is the bunch of hyssop, wherewith the conscience is sprinkled and the heart purified. And the blood of Christ, being applied by faith, is termed, (Heb 12:24,) the blood of sprinkling, and with it we are said to be sprinkled from an evil conscience, (Heb 10:22,) that is, we are freed from the burden of distress, which arises from a sense of our guilt. And it is foretold that Christ should sprinkle many nations, Isa 52:15.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 18. A clean person — This symbolizes the sinner’s…
18. A clean person — This symbolizes the sinner’s need of a sinless high priest. Heb_7:26; 1Jn_2:1.
Hyssop — See Lev_14:4, note.
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And sprinkle — Lustration was prevalent among heathen nations, especially in warm climates, such as Egypt, India, Greece, and Rome.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. The ’çzôbh (‘hyssop’) is not mentioned in this…
18. The ’çzôbh (‘hyssop’) is not mentioned in this section as being burnt; it is here used as an instrument for sprinkling: see Num_19:6.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Shall take hyssop. See Exo_12:22, and cf. Psa_51:7.
Shall take hyssop. See Exo_12:22, and cf. Psa_51:7.
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