Leviticus 14:50
in Leviticus 14and he shall slaughter one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:
KJV
And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:
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This verse in Leviticus 14
Commentary
2 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.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water. See Gill on Lev 14:5.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשָׁחַ֖ט | veshachat | and he will cut [the] throat of | H7819 → | 81 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַצִּפֹּ֣ר | hatzipor | the bird | H6833 → | 40 times |
| הָאֶחָ֑ת | haechat | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כְּלִי־ | keli- | a vessel of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| חֶ֖רֶשׂ | cheres | earthenware | H2789 → | 17 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מַ֥יִם | mayim | water | H4325 → | 581 times |
| חַיִּֽים׃ | chaiyim | living | H2416 → | 498 times |
וְשָׁחַ֖טand he will cut [the] throat of
veshachatH7819 →81 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַצִּפֹּ֣רthe bird
hatziporH6833 →40 times
הָאֶחָ֑ת<the> one
haechatH259 →971 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
כְּלִי־a vessel of
keli-H3627 →325 times
חֶ֖רֶשׂearthenware
cheresH2789 →17 times
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
מַ֥יִםwater
mayimH4325 →581 times
חַיִּֽים׃living
chaiyimH2416 →498 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).