Leviticus 14:49
in Leviticus 14He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house;
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
KJV
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
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This verse in Leviticus 14
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
As a house could not contract any impurity in the sight of God, the "atonement" which the priest was to make for it must either have a reference to the sins of its occupants or to the ceremonial process appointed for its purification, the very same as that observed for a leprous person.
This site's exposition
he that goeth into the house
on Leviticus 14:46-53
Whoever goes into the shut-up house is unclean until the even, and whoever lies down or eats there washes his clothes, so the building hands its condition to the people who use it. If the plague has not spread after the plastering the priest pronounces the house clean because the plague is healed, and the two birds, cedar wood, scarlet and hyssop are brought out a second time. The living bird is let go out of the city into the open fields, and verse 53 says the priest shall make an atonement for the house. Atonement is made for a building here, and the same is done for the holy place itself at 16:16.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
This intimated that the house was smitten for the man's sake (as bishop Patrick expresses it), and he was to look upon himself as preserved by divine mercy. The houses of Israelites are said to be dedicated ( Deut. xx.
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And he shall take to cleanse the house,.... The priest, or by his fellow priest, as Aben Ezra, though some interpret it of the master of the house; in Lev 14:49, an account is given of the manner of cleansing a leprous house, which is the same with that of cleansing a leprous man, see notes on Lev 14:4-7, Two birds.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלָקַ֛ח | velakach | and he will take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| לְחַטֵּ֥א | lechate' | to cleanse from sin | H2398 → | 238 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבַּ֖יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| שְׁתֵּ֣י | shetei | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| צִפֳּרִ֑ים | tziporim | birds | H6833 → | 40 times |
| וְעֵ֣ץ | veetz | and wood of | H6086 → | 328 times |
| אֶ֔רֶז | ʾerez | cedar | H730 → | 73 times |
| וּשְׁנִ֥י | usheni | and scarlet of | H8144 → | 42 times |
| תוֹלַ֖עַת | tolaat | a worm | H8438 → | 43 times |
| וְאֵזֹֽב׃ | veezo | and hyssop | H231 → | 10 times |
וְלָקַ֛חand he will take
velakachH3947 →966 times
לְחַטֵּ֥אto cleanse from sin
lechate'H2398 →238 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבַּ֖יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
שְׁתֵּ֣יtwo
sheteiH8147 →768 times
צִפֳּרִ֑יםbirds
tziporimH6833 →40 times
וְעֵ֣ץand wood of
veetzH6086 →328 times
אֶ֔רֶזcedar
ʾerezH730 →73 times
וּשְׁנִ֥יand scarlet of
usheniH8144 →42 times
תוֹלַ֖עַתa worm
tolaatH8438 →43 times
וְאֵזֹֽב׃and hyssop
veezoH231 →10 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 14:4the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.
it leads to
- Numbers 19:6
The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.
- Hebrews 9:19
For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and…
- Leviticus 14:6
And he is to take the live bird together with the cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.
- Exodus 12:22
Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of…
- Psalms 51:7
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
- Numbers 19:6
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.