Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
He was wiser than all men, and he spoke of the trees, from the cedar on Lebanon to the hyssop which grows on the wall, and of the cattle and the birds, and the worms and the fishes."
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker
In the more grievous cases ordinary water did not suffice for the cleansing, but from the ashes of a red cow without blemish, which was slain as a sin offering and entirely burnt, the priest prepared a special water of purification with cedar wood and bunches of hyssop.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker