Leviticus 14:49 BSB

Leviticus 14:49

He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house;

BSB

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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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Commentary

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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְלָקַ֛ח	ve.la.Kach	and he will take	H3947 →
לְחַטֵּ֥א	le.cha.Te'	to cleanse from sin	H2398 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַבַּ֖יִת	ha.Ba.yit	the house	H1004 →
שְׁתֵּ֣י	she.Tei	two	H8147 →
צִפֳּרִ֑ים	tzi.po.Rim	birds	H6833 →
וְעֵ֣ץ	ve.'Etz	and wood of	H6086 →
אֶ֔רֶז	'E.rez	cedar	H730 →
וּשְׁנִ֥י	u.she.Ni	and scarlet of	H8144 →
תוֹלַ֖עַת	to.La.'at	a worm	H8438 →
וְאֵזֹֽב׃	ve.'e.Zo	and hyssop	H231 →

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Leviticus 14:4
the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.
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.

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Where the connections lead

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