And the Kohen shall take cedar wood and hyssop and crimson wool, and cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
Torah Temimah: Sifrei — “And he shall take” is said here, and it is said later (Parashas Bo) “and you shall take a bunch of ezov”; just as there it is three stalks, so here it is three stalks.
English: “And he shall take” is said here, and it is said later (Parashas Bo) “and you shall take a bunch of ezov”; just as there it is three stalks, so here it is three stalks.
Gezeirah shavah on the word “lekichah.”
The cedar, hyssop, and crimson wool for the para must each consist of three stalks, by comparison to the ezov bundle of Pesach.