Leviticus 14:3-7

New King James Version

³And the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall examine him; and indeed, if the ^[a]leprosy is healed in the leper, ⁴then the priest shall command to take for him who is to be cleansed two living and clean birds, ^(A)cedar wood, ^(B)scarlet, and ^(C)hyssop. ⁵And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water. ⁶As for the living bird, he shall take it, the cedar wood and the scarlet and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water. ⁷And he shall ^(D)sprinkle it ^(E)seven times on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose in the open field.

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Footnotes

Leviticus 14:3 Heb. saraath, disfiguring skin diseases, including leprosy, and so in vv. 2–32

Leviticus 14:3-7

King James Version

³And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;

⁴Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

⁵And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:

⁶As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:

⁷And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.

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Leviticus 14:3-7

English Standard Version

³and the priest shall go ^(A)out of the camp, and the priest shall look. Then, if the case of leprous disease is healed in the leprous person, ⁴the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two live^[a] clean birds and ^(B)cedarwood and ^(C)scarlet yarn and ^(D)hyssop. ⁵And the priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh^[b] water. ⁶He shall take the live bird with the cedarwood and the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, and dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water. ⁷And he shall ^(E)sprinkle it ^(F)seven times on him who is to be cleansed of the leprous disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and shall ^(G)let the living bird go ^(H)into the open field.