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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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Commentators explain that the cedarwood, hyssop, and scarlet thread were not random. Cedar represented incorruption and endurance, hyssop signified purification and humility, and the scarlet color pointed to both the deep stain of sin (Isaiah 1:18) and the royal blood shed for atonement. Together, they symbolized the multifaceted nature of the sacrifice.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare Leviticus 14:4 note.
19th Century
Anglican
And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet.— According to the Targum of Jonathan, another priest was t…
Baptist
All was to be burnt, and then the ashes, the essence and product of it, were to be preserved to make the water of purification needed to remove tho…
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16th Century
Protestant
And the priest shall take cedar-wood. So that the sprinkling of the blood might be joined with that of the water, the cedar-wood, hyssop, …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet , &c.] Another priest, according to the Targum of Jona…
The heifer was to be entirely burned. This typified the painful sufferings of our Lord Jesus, both in soul and body, as a sacrifice made by fire to…
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