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then[a] the priest shall command, and he shall take two living, clean birds and cedar wood[b] and a crimson thread[c] and hyssop for the one who presents himself for cleansing. Then[d] the priest shall command someone[e] to slaughter one bird over fresh water in a clay vessel. He must take the living bird and the cedar wood[f] and the crimson thread[g] and the hyssop, and he shall dip them and the living bird in the bird’s blood slaughtered over the fresh water.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 14:4 Or “and”
  2. Leviticus 14:4 Literally “wood of cedar”
  3. Leviticus 14:4 Literally “crimson thread of the worm”
  4. Leviticus 14:5 Or “And”
  5. Leviticus 14:5 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  6. Leviticus 14:6 Literally “wood of cedar”
  7. Leviticus 14:6 Literally “the crimson thread of the worm”