Leviticus 14:5

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The Kohen shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.

King James Version
And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:

Lexham English Bible
Then the priest shall command someone to slaughter one bird over fresh water in a clay vessel.

New Century Version
"The priest must order one bird to be killed in a clay bowl containing fresh water.

New English Translation
The priest will then command that one bird be slaughtered into a clay vessel over fresh water.

Amplified Bible
"Next the priest shall order that one of the birds be killed [as a sacrifice] in an earthenware container over [fresh] running water.

New American Standard Bible
"The priest shall also give orders to slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over running water.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Priest shall commaunde to kill one of the birdes ouer pure water in an earthen vessell.

Legacy Standard Bible
The priest shall also give a command to slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over running water.

Contemporary English Version
The priest will have someone kill one of the birds over a clay pot of spring water.

Complete Jewish Bible
The cohen is to order one of the birds slaughtered in a clay pot over running water.

Darby Translation
And the priest shall command that one bird be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the priest must order one bird to be killed in a clay bowl over running water.

English Standard Version
And the priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water.

George Lamsa Translation
And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water;

Good News Translation
Then the priest shall order that one of the birds be killed over a clay bowl containing fresh spring water.

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the priest will order that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot.

Literal Translation
And the priest shall command, and he shall kill the one bird on an earthen vessel, over running water;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and shall commaunde the one byrde to be kylled in an earthen vessell ouer sprynginge water.

American Standard Version
and the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.

Bible in Basic English
And the priest will give orders for one of the birds to be put to death in a vessel made of earth, over flowing water.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the priest shall commaunde that one of the birdes be killed in an earthen vessell, and vpon runnyng water.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.

King James Version (1611)
And the Priest shall command that one of the birds bee killed in an earthen vessell, ouer running water.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the priest shall give direction, and they shall kill one bird over an earthen vessel over running water.

English Revised Version
And the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:

Berean Standard Bible
Then the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the preest schal comaunde that oon of the sparewes be offrid in `a vessel of erthe,

Young's Literal Translation
`And the priest hath commanded, and he hath slaughtered the one bird upon an earthen vessel, over running water;

Update Bible Version
And the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel, over running water.

World English Bible
The priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.

New King James Version
And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water.

New Living Translation
The priest will order that one bird be slaughtered over a clay pot filled with fresh water.

New Life Bible
The religious leader will have one of the birds killed in a clay pot over flowing water.

New Revised Standard
The priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in an earthen vessel.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the priest shall give command, and one bird shall be slain, - within an earthen vessel over living water:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he shall command one of the sparrows to be immolated in an earthen vessel over living waters.

Revised Standard Version
and the priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The priest shall also give orders to slay the one bird in an earthenware vessel over running water.

Contextual Overview

¹ God spoke to Moses: "These are the instructions for the infected person at the time of his cleansing. First, bring him to the priest. The priest will take him outside the camp and make an examination; if the infected person has been healed of the serious skin disease, the priest will order two live, clean birds, some cedar wood, scarlet thread, and hyssop to be brought for the one to be cleansed. The priest will order him to kill one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot. The priest will then take the live bird with the cedar wood, the scarlet thread, and the hyssop and dip them in the blood of the dead bird over fresh water and then sprinkle the person being cleansed from the serious skin disease seven times and pronounce him clean. Finally, he will release the live bird in the open field. The cleansed person, after washing his clothes, shaving off all his hair, and bathing with water, is clean. Afterwards he may again enter the camp, but he has to live outside his tent for seven days. On the seventh day, he must shave off all his hair—from his head, beard, eyebrows, all of it. He then must wash his clothes and bathe all over with water. He will be clean.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

earthen vessel: Leviticus 14:50, Numbers 5:17, 2 Corinthians 4:7, 2 Corinthians 5:1, 2 Corinthians 13:4, Hebrews 2:14

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 36:25 - will I

Cross-References

Genesis 14:10
The Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits. When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into the tar pits, but the rest escaped into the mountains. The four kings captured all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah, all their food and equipment, and went on their way. They captured Lot, Abram's nephew who was living in Sodom at the time, taking everything he owned with them.

Deuteronomy 3:11
Og king of Bashan was the last remaining Rephaite. His bed, made of iron, was over thirteen feet long and six wide. You can still see it on display in Rabbah of the People of Ammon.

Joshua 12:4
lass="passage-text">

2 Samuel 5:22
Later there was a repeat performance. The Philistines came up again and deployed their troops in the Rephaim Valley. David again prayed to God . This time God said, "Don't attack them head-on. Instead, circle around behind them and ambush them from the grove of sacred trees. When you hear the sound of shuffling in the trees, get ready to move out. It's a signal that God is going ahead of you to smash the Philistine camp." David did exactly what God told him. He routed the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

2 Samuel 23:13
One day during harvest, the Three parted from the Thirty and joined David at the Cave of Adullam. A squad of Philistines had set up camp in the Valley of Rephaim. While David was holed up in the Cave, the Philistines had their base camp in Bethlehem. David had a sudden craving and said, "Would I ever like a drink of water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem!" So the Three penetrated the Philistine lines, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But David wouldn't drink it; he poured it out as an offering to God , saying, "There is no way, God , that I'll drink this! This isn't mere water, it's their life-blood—they risked their very lives to bring it!" So David refused to drink it. This is the sort of thing that the Three did.

1 Chronicles 11:15
The Big Three from the Thirty made a rocky descent to David at the Cave of Adullam while a company of Philistines was camped in the Valley of Rephaim. David was holed up in the Cave while the Philistines were prepared for battle at Bethlehem. David had a sudden craving: "What I wouldn't give for a drink of water from the well in Bethlehem, the one at the gate!" The Three penetrated the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the Bethlehem gate, shouldered it, and brought it to David. And then David wouldn't drink it! He poured it out as a sacred offering to God , saying, "I'd rather be damned by God than drink this! It would be like drinking the lifeblood of these men—they risked their lives to bring it." So he refused to drink it. These are the kinds of things that the Big Three of the Mighty Men did.

Psalms 105:23
Then Israel entered Egypt, Jacob immigrated to the Land of Ham. God gave his people lots of babies; soon their numbers alarmed their foes. He turned the Egyptians against his people; they abused and cheated God's servants. Then he sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he also chose. They worked marvels in that spiritual wasteland, miracles in the Land of Ham. He spoke, "Darkness!" and it turned dark— they couldn't see what they were doing. He turned all their water to blood so that all their fish died; He made frogs swarm through the land, even into the king's bedroom; He gave the word and flies swarmed, gnats filled the air. He substituted hail for rain, he stabbed their land with lightning; He wasted their vines and fig trees, smashed their groves of trees to splinters; With a word he brought in locusts, millions of locusts, armies of locusts; They consumed every blade of grass in the country and picked the ground clean of produce; He struck down every firstborn in the land, the first fruits of their virile powers. He led Israel out, their arms filled with loot, and not one among his tribes even stumbled. Egypt was glad to have them go— they were scared to death of them. God spread a cloud to keep them cool through the day and a fire to light their way through the night; They prayed and he brought quail, filled them with the bread of heaven; He opened the rock and water poured out; it flowed like a river through that desert— All because he remembered his Covenant, his promise to Abraham, his servant.

Jeremiah 48:1
The Message on Moab from God -of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel: "Doom to Nebo! Leveled to the ground! Kiriathaim demeaned and defeated, The mighty fortress reduced to a molehill, Moab's glory—dust and ashes. Conspirators plot Heshbon's doom: ‘Come, let's wipe Moab off the map.' Dungface Dimon will loudly lament, as killing follows killing. Listen! A cry out of Horonaim: ‘Disaster—doom and more doom!' Moab will be shattered. Her cries will be heard clear down in Zoar. Up the ascent of Luhith climbers weep, And down the descent from Horonaim, cries of loss and devastation. Oh, run for your lives! Get out while you can! Survive by your wits in the wild! You trusted in thick walls and big money, yes? But it won't help you now. Your big god Chemosh will be hauled off, his priests and managers with him. A wrecker will wreck every city. Not a city will survive. The valley fields will be ruined, the plateau pastures destroyed, just as I told you. Cover the land of Moab with salt. Make sure nothing ever grows here again. Her towns will all be ghost towns. Nobody will ever live here again. Sloppy work in God 's name is cursed, and cursed all halfhearted use of the sword.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed,.... That is, shall command another priest to kill one of them, or an Israelite, as Aben Ezra; and who also observes, that some say the leper, or the butcher, as the Targum of Jonathan; the killing of this bird, not being a sacrifice, might be done without the camp, as it was, and not at the altar, near to which sacrifices were slain, and where they were offered: and this was to be done

in an earthen vessel over running water: this vessel, according to the Jewish traditions a, was to be a new one, and a fourth part of a log of running water was to be put into it, and then the bird was to be killed over it, and its blood squeezed into it, and then a hole was dug, and it was buried before the leprous person; and so it should be rendered, "over an earthen vessel", as it is in the Tigurine version, and by Noldius b; for how could it be killed in it, especially when water was in it? the killing of this bird may have respect to the sufferings, death, and bloodshed of Christ, which were necessary for the purging and cleansing of leprous sinners, and which were endured in his human nature, comparable to an earthen vessel, as an human body sometimes is; see 2 Corinthians 4:7; for he was crucified through weakness, and was put to death in the flesh, 2 Corinthians 13:4; and the running or living water mixed with blood may denote both the sanctification and justification of Christ's people by the water and blood which sprung from his pierced side, and the continual virtue thereof to take away sin, and free from it; or the active and passive obedience of Christ, which both together are the matter of a sinner's justification before God.

a Negaim, c. 14. sect. 1. b Ebr. Concord. part. p. 64. No. 318.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Running water - literally, living water, i. e. water fresh from the spring Genesis 26:19; Numbers 19:17.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 14:5. Over running water. — Literally, living, that is, spring water. The meaning appears to be this: Some water (about a quarter of a log, an eggshell and a half full, according to the rabbins) was taken from a spring, and put into a clean earthen vessel, and they killed the bird over this water, that the blood might drop into it; and in this blood and water mixed, they dipped the instrument before described, and sprinkled it seven times upon the person who was to be cleansed. The living or spring water was chosen because it was purer than what was taken from pits or wells, the latter being often in a putrid or corrupt state; for in a ceremony of purifying or cleansing, every thing must be as pure and perfect as possible.