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Psalms 51:7

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

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ASV

Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

KJV

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
תְּחַטְּאֵ֣נִיte.cha.te.'E.niyou will cleanse from sin meH2398 →
בְאֵז֣וֹבve.'e.Zovwith hyssopH231 →
וְאֶטְהָ֑רve.'et.Harso I may be pureH2891 →
תְּ֝כַבְּסֵ֗נִיte.kha.be.Se.niyou will wash meH3526 →
וּמִשֶּׁ֥לֶגu.mi.She.legand more than snowH7950 →
אַלְבִּֽין׃'al.BinI will become whiteH3835 →

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1 John 1:7But 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.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.Hebrews 9:13–14For 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,Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.Numbers 19:18–20Then 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.Psalms 51:2Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.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,Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,Ephesians 5:26–27to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,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.Zechariah 13:1“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.Revelation 7:13–14Then one of the elders addressed me: “These in white robes,” he asked, “who are they, and where have they come from?”1 Corinthians 6:11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.John 13:9“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!”Lamentations 4:7Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.Leviticus 14:49–52He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house;John 19:29A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth.Leviticus 14:4–7the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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