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Leviticus 14:49

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cedar;   Colors;   Defilement;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Cedar, the;   Houses;   Leprosy;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hyssop;   Leprosy;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Atonement;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hyssop;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Leprosy;   Leviticus;   Plants in the Bible;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Priests and Levites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Cedar;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Leper;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Hyssop;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Azazel;   Cleanse;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cedar;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
To cleanse the house he shall take two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
King James Version
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
Lexham English Bible
And he shall take two birds and cedar wood and a crimson thread and hyssop to cleanse the house;
New Century Version
"Then, to make the house clean, the priest must take two birds, a piece of cedar wood, a piece of red string, and a hyssop plant.
New English Translation
Then he is to take two birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, and some twigs of hyssop to decontaminate the house,
Amplified Bible
"To cleanse the house then, he shall take two birds and cedar wood and scarlet string and hyssop;
New American Standard Bible
"To cleanse the house then, he shall take two birds, cedar wood, a scarlet string, and hyssop,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then shal he take to purifie the house, two sparrowes, and cedar wood, and skarlet lace, and hyssope.
Legacy Standard Bible
To cleanse the house then, he shall take two birds and cedar wood and a scarlet string and hyssop,
Contemporary English Version
Then, to show that the house is now clean, he will get two birds, a stick of cedar wood, a piece of red yarn, and a branch from a hyssop plant and bring them to the house.
Complete Jewish Bible
"To purify the house, he is to take two birds, cedar-wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop leaves.
Darby Translation
And he shall take, to purge the house from the defilement, two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop;
Easy-to-Read Version
"Then, to make the house clean, the priest must take two birds, a piece of cedar wood, a piece of red cloth, and a hyssop plant.
English Standard Version
And for the cleansing of the house he shall take two small birds, with cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop,
George Lamsa Translation
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds alive and clean and cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet material;
Good News Translation
To purify the house, he shall take two birds, some cedar wood, a red cord, and a sprig of hyssop.
Christian Standard Bible®
He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house,
Literal Translation
And he shall take two birds for the cleansing of the house, and cedar wood, and scarlet dye , and hyssop;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And to a synofferinge for the house, he shal take two byrdes, Ceder wodd, & purple woll, and ysope,
American Standard Version
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
Bible in Basic English
And in order to make the house clean, let him take two birds and cedar-wood and red thread and hyssop;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And let hym take to clense the house withall, two birdes, ceder wood, and a scarlet [lase] and ysope.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
King James Version (1611)
And he shall take to cleanse the house, two birds, and Cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssope.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he shall take to purify the house two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop.
English Revised Version
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And in the clensyng therof he schal take twey sparewis, and `a tre of cedre, and `a reed threed, and isope.
Young's Literal Translation
`And he hath taken for the cleansing of the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop;
Update Bible Version
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
Webster's Bible Translation
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
World English Bible
To cleanse the house he shall take two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
New King James Version
And he shall take, to cleanse the house, two birds, cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop.
New Living Translation
To purify the house the priest must take two birds, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch.
New Life Bible
He will take two birds, cedar wood, a red string and hyssop to make the house clean.
New Revised Standard
For the cleansing of the house he shall take two birds, with cedarwood and crimson yarn and hyssop,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then shall he take to cleanse, the house, two birds, - and cedar wood, and crimson, and hyssop;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And for the purification thereof he shall take two sparrows, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
Revised Standard Version
And for the cleansing of the house he shall take two small birds, with cedarwood and scarlet stuff and hyssop,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"To cleanse the house then, he shall take two birds and cedar wood and a scarlet string and hyssop,

Contextual Overview

33Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 34"When you enter the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your possession, and I put a contamination of mildew into a house in that land, 35the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, 'Something like mildew has appeared in my house.' 36The priest must order that the house be cleared before he enters it to examine the mildew, lest everything in the house becomes unclean. After this, the priest shall go in to inspect the house. 37He is to examine the house, and if the mildew on the walls consists of green or red depressions that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall, 38the priest shall go outside the doorway of the house and close it up for seven days. 39On the seventh day the priest is to return and inspect the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls, 40he must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city. 41And he shall order the inside of the house completely scraped, and the plaster that is scraped off must be dumped into an unclean place outside the city. 42So different stones must be obtained to replace the contaminated ones, and additional mortar to replaster the house.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 14:4-7

Reciprocal: Numbers 19:6 - General Psalms 51:7 - Purge Song of Solomon 4:3 - scarlet Hebrews 9:19 - scarlet

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he shall take to cleanse the house,.... The priest, or by his fellow priest, as Aben Ezra, though some interpret it of the master of the house; in Leviticus 14:49, an account is given of the manner of cleansing a leprous house, which is the same with that of cleansing a leprous man, see notes on Le 14:4-7,

Two birds. The birds here indeed are not described as "alive and clean", Leviticus 14:4; but both are plainly implied and the house is said to be cleansed with the blood of the slain bird, as well as with the living bird; and it was the upper door post of the house which was sprinkled seven times with it, but there were no sacrifices offered; in this case, as in the cleansing of the leper, the atonement for it was made by the other rites, which were sufficient to render it habitable again, and free for use, either of the owner or any other person;

and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. Leviticus 14:4- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This section is separated from that on leprosy in clothing Leviticus 13:47-59 with which it would seem to be naturally connected, and is placed last of all the laws concerning leprosy, probably on account of its being wholly prospective. While the Israelites were in the wilderness, the materials of their dwellings were of nearly the same nature as those of their clothing, and would be liable to the same sort of decay. They were therefore included under the same law.

I put the plague - Yahweh here speaks as the Lord of all created things, determining their decay and destruction as well as their production. Compare Isaiah 45:6-7; Jonah 4:7; Matthew 21:20.

Leviticus 14:37

Hollow strakes ... - Rather, depressed spots of dark green or dark red, appearing beneath (the surface of) the wall.

Leviticus 14:49

Cleanse the house - Strictly, “purge the house from sin.” The same word is used in Leviticus 14:52; and in Leviticus 14:53 it is said, “and make an atonement for it.” Such language is used figuratively when it is applied to things, not to persons. The leprosy in houses, the leprosy in clothing, and the terrible disease in the human body, were representative forms of decay which taught the lesson that all created things, in their own nature, are passing away, and are only maintained for their destined uses during an appointed period, by the power of Yahweh.


 
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