Leviticus 14:52
in Leviticus 14And he shall cleanse the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar-wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:
KJV
And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:
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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 cleanse the house with the blood of the bird,.... See Gill on Lev 14:4.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְחִטֵּ֣א | vechite' | and he will cleanse from sin | H2398 → | 238 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבַּ֔יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| בְּדַם֙ | bedam | with [the] blood of | H1818 → | 360 times |
| הַצִּפּ֔וֹר | hatzipor | the bird | H6833 → | 40 times |
| וּבַמַּ֖יִם | uvamayim | and with the water | H4325 → | 581 times |
| הַֽחַיִּ֑ים | hachaiyim | <the> living | H2416 → | 498 times |
| וּבַצִּפֹּ֣ר | uvatzipor | and with the bird | H6833 → | 40 times |
| הַחַיָּ֗ה | hachaiyah | <the> living | H2416 → | 498 times |
| וּבְעֵ֥ץ | uveetz | and with [the] wood of | H6086 → | 328 times |
| הָאֶ֛רֶז | haerez | <the> cedar | H730 → | 73 times |
| וּבָאֵזֹ֖ב | uvaezo | and with the hyssop | H231 → | 10 times |
| וּבִשְׁנִ֥י | uvishni | and with [the] scarlet of | H8144 → | 42 times |
| הַתּוֹלָֽעַת׃ | hatolaat | the worm | H8438 → | 43 times |
וְחִטֵּ֣אand he will cleanse from sin
vechite'H2398 →238 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַבַּ֔יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
בְּדַם֙with [the] blood of
bedamH1818 →360 times
הַצִּפּ֔וֹרthe bird
hatziporH6833 →40 times
וּבַמַּ֖יִםand with the water
uvamayimH4325 →581 times
הַֽחַיִּ֑ים<the> living
hachaiyimH2416 →498 times
וּבַצִּפֹּ֣רand with the bird
uvatziporH6833 →40 times
הַחַיָּ֗ה<the> living
hachaiyahH2416 →498 times
וּבְעֵ֥ץand with [the] wood of
uveetzH6086 →328 times
הָאֶ֛רֶז<the> cedar
haerezH730 →73 times
וּבָאֵזֹ֖בand with the hyssop
uvaezoH231 →10 times
וּבִשְׁנִ֥יand with [the] scarlet of
uvishniH8144 →42 times
הַתּוֹלָֽעַת׃the worm
hatolaatH8438 →43 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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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).