Leviticus 14:4 BSB — MannaFest

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13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְצִוָּה֙	ve.tzi.Vah	and he will command	H6680 →
הַכֹּהֵ֔ן	ha.ko.Hen	the priest	H3548 →
וְלָקַ֧ח	ve.la.Kach	and someone will take	H3947 →
לַמִּטַּהֵ֛ר	la.mi.ta.Her	for the [one] purifying himself	H2891 →
שְׁתֵּֽי־	she.tei-	two	H8147 →
צִפֳּרִ֥ים	tzi.po.Rim	birds	H6833 →
חַיּ֖וֹת	chai.Yot	living	H2416 →
טְהֹר֑וֹת	te.ho.Rot	pure	H2889 →
וְעֵ֣ץ	ve.'Etz	and wood of	H6086 →
אֶ֔רֶז	'E.rez	cedar	H730 →
וּשְׁנִ֥י	u.she.Ni	and scarlet of	H8144 →
תוֹלַ֖עַת	to.La.'at	a worm	H8438 →
וְאֵזֹֽב׃	ve.'e.Zo	and hyssop	H231 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 51:7
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
leads to
- Isaiah 1:18
  “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 John 1:7
  But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- Hebrews 9:13–14
  For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,
- Numbers 19:18–20
  Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to…
- Hebrews 9:19
  For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and…
Through
Exodus 12:22
Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of…
leads to
- Psalms 51:7
  Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Hebrews 9:19
For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and…
leads to
- Exodus 24:5–11
  Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
- Hebrews 9:12
  He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Numbers 19:6The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.Hebrews 9:19For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,Leviticus 14:6And he is to take the live bird together with the cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.Joshua 2:18unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.Leviticus 14:49He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house;Exodus 12:22Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.Psalms 51:7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.Leviticus 14:49–52He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house;Leviticus 5:7If, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.Numbers 19:18Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.Leviticus 12:8But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”Leviticus 1:14If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon.Song of Solomon 4:3Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.

Scripture reading Scripture
Numbers 19:6
Leper's cleansing (cedar, scarlet, hyssop) = red-heifer triad (cedar, hyssop, scarlet). Identical three-ingredient triad.
Lev 14; Num 19; shared vocabulary

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