Leviticus 14:49-53
King James Version
49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
50 And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:
51 And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and 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 cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:
53 But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.
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Leviticus 14:49-53
New King James Version
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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- Leviticus 14:52 ceremonially cleanse
Leviticus 14:49-53
New American Standard Bible
49 To cleanse the house then, he shall take (A)two birds, cedar wood, a [a]scarlet string, and hyssop, 50 and he shall slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over [b]running water. 51 Then he shall take the cedar wood, the (B)hyssop, and the [c]scarlet string, with the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird as well as in the [d]running water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 52 So he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the [e]running water, along with the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the [f]scarlet string. 53 However, he shall let the live bird go free outside the city into the open field. So he shall make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.”
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- Leviticus 14:49 Lit scarlet color
- Leviticus 14:50 Lit living
- Leviticus 14:51 Lit scarlet color
- Leviticus 14:51 Lit living
- Leviticus 14:52 Lit living
- Leviticus 14:52 Lit scarlet color
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