But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsbut he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open field: so shall he make atonement for the house; and it shall be clean.
Finally, he is to release the live bird into the open fields outside the city. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.
and he hath sent away the living bird unto the outside of the city unto the face of the field, and hath made atonement for the house, and it hath been clean.
and he shall let the living bird loose out of the city into the open field; and he shall make atonement for the house, and it is clean.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLeviticus — A holy people before a holy God. Five offerings, a priesthood, a purity code — and at the centre, a single day that carries the sins of a year to a cleansed Most Holy Place.
- Author
- Moses — receives these laws at Sinai; the repeated formula is ‘the LORD spake unto Moses, saying’
- Date
- Composed during Israel's year at Sinai (15th–13th century BC)