49 And (A)he shall take, to cleanse the house, two birds, cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop. 50 Then he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water; 51 and he shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 52 And he shall [a]cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and the running water and the living bird, with the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet. 53 Then he shall let the living bird loose outside the city in the open field, and (B)make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 14:52 ceremonially cleanse

49 To purify the house he is to take two birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop.(A) 50 He shall kill one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.(B) 51 Then he is to take the cedar wood, the hyssop,(C) the scarlet yarn and the live bird, dip them into the blood of the dead bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.(D) 52 He shall purify the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop and the scarlet yarn. 53 Then he is to release the live bird in the open fields(E) outside the town. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.(F)

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