Exodus 12:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Make a brush from a few small branches of a hyssop plant and dip the brush in the bowl that has the blood of the animal in it. Then brush some of the blood above the door and on the posts at each side of the door of your house. After this, everyone is to stay inside.

Cross References

Psalm 51:7

Wash me with hyssop until I am clean and whiter than snow.

Exodus 12:7

Some of the blood must be put on the two doorposts and above the door of each house where the animals are to be eaten.

Isaiah 26:20

Go inside and lock the doors, my people. Hide there for a little while, until the LORD is no longer angry.

Matthew 26:30

Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives.

Hebrews 11:28

His faith also made him celebrate Passover. He sprinkled the blood of animals on the doorposts, so that the firstborn sons of the people of Israel would not be killed by the destroying angel.

Hebrews 12:24

And Jesus is here! He is the one who makes God's new agreement with us, and his sprinkled blood says much better things than the blood of Abel.

Hebrews 9:1

The first promise that was made included rules for worship and a tent for worship here on earth.

Hebrews 9:14

But Christ was sinless, and he offered himself as an eternal and spiritual sacrifice to God. That's why his blood is much more powerful and makes our consciences clear. Now we can serve the living God and no longer do things that lead to death.

Hebrews 9:19

Moses told the people all that the Law said they must do. Then he used red wool and a hyssop plant to sprinkle the people and the book of the Law with the blood of bulls and goats and with water.

1 Peter 1:2

God the Father decided to choose you as his people, and his Spirit has made you holy. You have obeyed Jesus Christ and are sprinkled with his blood. I pray that God will be kind to you and will keep on giving you peace!