Salmos 51:7

Hyssop

Hyssop was the little shrub 1 Kings 4:33 with which the blood and water of purification were applied. ; Leviticus 14:1-7; Numbers 19:1-19. Cleansing in Scripture is twofold:

(1) Of a sinner from the guilt of sin; the blood ("hyssop") aspect;

(2) of a saint from the defilement of sin--the water ("wash me") aspect;

(3) Under grace the sinner is purged by blood when he believes Matthew 26:28; Hebrews 1:3; Hebrews 9:12; Hebrews 10:14. Both aspects of cleansing, by blood and by water, are brought out in ; John 13:10; Ephesians 5:25; Ephesians 5:26.

"He that is bathed needeth not save to wash his feet"; "Christ loved the church and gave Himself for it redemption by "blood, "hyssop," the "bath"] that He might sanctify and cleanse "it with the washing by the word": answering to the "wash me" of verse 7.