EXODUS 12:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.”
Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of your house until morning. Hyssop — a small bushy plant common in the region — is the instrument for applying the blood to the doorframe. Psalm 51:7 associates hyssop with purification: purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. Numbers 19:18 uses hyssop to apply the water of purification for ritual cleansing. John 19:29 records that the soldiers offered Jesus wine on a hyssop branch at the crucifixion — the instrument that applied the blood of the Passover lamb becomes the instrument present at the blood of the true Passover lamb. The stay inside until morning command is protective: the destroyer is at work outside, and the blood-marked door is the only safety.
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