Leviticus 14:6
in Leviticus 14And 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
As 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:
KJV
As 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:
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This verse in Leviticus 14
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThe cedar the stateliest plant, and hyssop the meanest, are here used together in this service (see 1 Kings iv. 33 ); for those of the lowest rank in the church may be of use in their place, as well as those that are most eminent, 1 Cor. xii. Some make the slain bird to typify Christ dying for our sins, and the living bird Christ rising again for our justification.
This site's exposition
As for the living bird
on Leviticus 14:6-7
The living bird is dipped in the blood of the dead one and let loose into the open field, and the man is sprinkled seven times and pronounced clean. One creature dies and the other carries the mark of that death away alive, which is the shape of the two goats at 16:8-22 in miniature. Adam Clarke calls the released bird a scape-bird on that ground. All of it happens outside the camp, before the man has leave to walk back in.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
As for the living bird, he shall take it,....
The living bird, with a little scarlet wool, and a bunch of hyssop, must be fastened to a cedar stick, dipped in the water and blood, which must be so sprinkled upon him that was to be cleansed,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The chief of these analogies is that as it was only when a leper exhibited a certain change of state that orders were given by the priest for a sacrifice, so a sinner must be in the exercise of faith and penitence ere the benefits of the gospel remedy can be enjoyed by him.
The words behind it
24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַצִּפֹּ֤ר | hatzipor | the bird | H6833 → | 40 times |
| הַֽחַיָּה֙ | hachaiyah | <the> living | H2416 → | 498 times |
| יִקַּ֣ח | yikach | he will take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אֹתָ֔הּ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֵ֥ץ | ʾetz | [the] wood of | H6086 → | 328 times |
| הָאֶ֛רֶז | haerez | <the> cedar | H730 → | 73 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁנִ֥י | sheni | [the] scarlet of | H8144 → | 42 times |
| הַתּוֹלַ֖עַת | hatolaat | the worm | H8438 → | 43 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאֵזֹ֑ב | haezo | the hyssop | H231 → | 10 times |
| וְטָבַ֨ל | vetaval | and he will dip | H2881 → | 16 times |
| אוֹתָ֜ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וְאֵ֣ת׀ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַצִּפֹּ֣ר | hatzipor | the bird | H6833 → | 40 times |
| הַֽחַיָּ֗ה | hachaiyah | <the> living | H2416 → | 498 times |
| בְּדַם֙ | bedam | in [the] blood of | H1818 → | 360 times |
| הַצִּפֹּ֣ר | hatzipor | the bird | H6833 → | 40 times |
| הַשְּׁחֻטָ֔ה | hashechutah | [which] had the throat cut | H7819 → | 81 times |
| עַ֖ל | ʾal | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַמַּ֥יִם | hamayim | the water | H4325 → | 581 times |
| הַֽחַיִּֽים׃ | hachaiyim | <the> living | H2416 → | 498 times |
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַצִּפֹּ֤רthe bird
hatziporH6833 →40 times
הַֽחַיָּה֙<the> living
hachaiyahH2416 →498 times
יִקַּ֣חhe will take
yikachH3947 →966 times
אֹתָ֔הּ<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
עֵ֥ץ[the] wood of
ʾetzH6086 →328 times
הָאֶ֛רֶז<the> cedar
haerezH730 →73 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שְׁנִ֥י[the] scarlet of
sheniH8144 →42 times
הַתּוֹלַ֖עַתthe worm
hatolaatH8438 →43 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הָאֵזֹ֑בthe hyssop
haezoH231 →10 times
וְטָבַ֨לand he will dip
vetavalH2881 →16 times
אוֹתָ֜ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
וְאֵ֣ת׀and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַצִּפֹּ֣רthe bird
hatziporH6833 →40 times
הַֽחַיָּ֗ה<the> living
hachaiyahH2416 →498 times
בְּדַם֙in [the] blood of
bedamH1818 →360 times
הַצִּפֹּ֣רthe bird
hatziporH6833 →40 times
הַשְּׁחֻטָ֔ה[which] had the throat cut
hashechutahH7819 →81 times
עַ֖לover
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
הַמַּ֥יִםthe water
hamayimH4325 →581 times
הַֽחַיִּֽים׃<the> living
hachaiyimH2416 →498 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
Romans 5:10For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:18–19
All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
- 2 Corinthians 4:10–11
We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
- Romans 8:32
He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
- Colossians 1:20–21
and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.
- 2 Corinthians 5:18–19
Through
Zechariah 13:1“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
it leads to
- John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- 1 Corinthians 6:11
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
- Psalms 51:2
Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
- Ezekiel 36:25
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- John 1:29
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.