As for the live bird, he shall take it together with (A)the cedar wood and the [a]scarlet string and the (B)hyssop, and shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was slain over the [b]running water. (C)He shall then sprinkle seven times the one who is to be cleansed from the leprosy and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the live bird go free over the open field. (D)The one to be cleansed shall then wash his clothes and shave off all his hair and bathe in water and (E)be clean. Now afterward, he may enter the camp, but he (F)shall stay outside his tent for seven days.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 14:6 Lit scarlet color and
  2. Leviticus 14:6 Lit living

He is then to take the live bird and dip it, together with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, into the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water.(A) Seven times(B) he shall sprinkle(C) the one to be cleansed of the defiling disease, and then pronounce them clean. After that, he is to release the live bird in the open fields.(D)

“The person to be cleansed must wash their clothes,(E) shave off all their hair and bathe with water;(F) then they will be ceremonially clean.(G) After this they may come into the camp,(H) but they must stay outside their tent for seven days.

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