Numbers 19:6

Numbers 19:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
• New International Version (NIV)The priest is to take some cedar wood, hyssop and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet, and cast them into the midst of the fire burning the heifer.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Eleazar the priest must then take a stick of cedar, a hyssop branch, and some scarlet yarn and throw them into the fire where the heifer is burning.

Context of Numbers 19:6

4And Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and sprinkle some of its blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times. 5And the heifer shall be burned in his sight. Its skin, its flesh, and its blood, with its dung, shall be burned. And the priest shall take cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet yarn, and throw them into the fire burning the heifer. 7Then the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp. But the priest shall be unclean until evening. 8The one who burns the heifer shall wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water and shall be unclean until evening.

Numbers 19:6 word by word

וְלָקַ֣ח הַכֹּהֵ֗ן עֵ֥ץ אֶ֛רֶז וְאֵז֖וֹב וּשְׁנִ֣י תוֹלָ֑עַת וְהִשְׁלִ֕יךְ אֶל־תּ֖וֹךְ שְׂרֵפַ֥ת הַפָּרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• shall takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• cedarאֶ֫רֶז'erez · cedarH730
• woodעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• and hyssopאֵזוֹב'êzôb · hyssopH231
• and scarletשָׁנִיshânîy · scarletH8144
• and scarletתּוֹלֵעָהtôlâ‛ tôlê‛âh tôla‛ath tôla‛ath · wormH8438
• and castשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• into the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• of the burningשְׂרֵפָהώerêphâh · fireH8316
• of the heiferפָּרָהpârâh · heiferH6510

Cross-references for Numbers 19:6

• Leviticus 14:6He shall take the live bird with the cedarwood and the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, and dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water.
• Psalms 51:7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
• Isaiah 1:18"Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
• Hebrews 9:19For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

Commentaries on Numbers 19:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Compare Leviticus 14:4 note.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The only other passage where cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool appear together is Leviticus 14. That chapter describes another ceremony (also "outside the camp") that resulted in ceremonial purification. Some scholars suggest Eleazar added cedar wood and hyssop for their aroma. Hyssop is associated with purification (Exodus 12:22; Psalm 51:7; compare Hebrews 9:19). The scarlet yarn, like the red heifer, probably symbolizes blood. Together, the cedar…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-63-6. ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest that he may bring her forth without the camp--He was the second or deputy high priest, and he was selected for this duty because the execution of it entailed temporary defilement, from which the acting high priest was to be preserved with the greatest care. It was led "forth without the camp," in accordance with the law regarding victims laden with the sins of the people, and thus typical of Christ (He 13:12…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 19:6

• Cedar
• Colors
• Hyssop
• Types
• Water

In the dictionaries

• Clean
• Colour
• Covering
• Defile
• Exodus
• Heifer
• Hyssop
• Unclean
• Water of separation
• Agrapha

Commentaries on Numbers 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings