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Leviticus 14:5

and the priest shall give command, and one bird shall be slain, - within an earthen vessel over living water:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Scapebird;   Scofield Reference Index - Christ;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Cedar, the;   Types of Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Birds;   Hyssop;   Leper;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Leprosy;   Water;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Offerings and Sacrifices;   Priest, Priesthood;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bird;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Atonement, Day of;   Hyssop;   Leper;   Sparrow;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Clean, Cleanness;   Leviticus;   Potsherd;   Vessels and Utensils;   Water;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bird;   Clean and Unclean;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Living (2);   Purification (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Atonement;   Cedar;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Leper;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Purification,;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Bird;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Birds;   Blood;   Dove;   Earthen, Vessels;   Heifer, Red;   Water;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Dove;   Judaism;   Miḳwa'ot;   Sidra;   Symbol;  

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.
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 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying - 2 This, shall be the law of the leper, in the day when he is declared clean, - he shall be brought in unto the priest; 3 then shall the priest go forth unto the outside of the camp, - and the priest shall take a view, and lo! if the plague of leprosy hath been healed out of the leper,; 4 then shall the priest give command, - and there shall be taken - for him that is to be cleansed - two living clean birds, - and cedar wood, and crimson am hyssop; 5 and the priest shall give command, and one bird shall be slain, - within an earthen vessel over living water: 6 as for the living bird, he shall take, it, and the cedar wood and the crimson, and the hyssop, - and shall dip them and the living bird, in the blood of the bird that hath been slain over the living water; 7 and shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy, seven times, - and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let go the living bird over the face of the field. 8 And he that is to be declared clean shall wash his clothes and shave off all his hair, and bathe in water, and be clean, and, afterwards, shall he come into the camp, - and dwell outside his tent, seven days; 9 and it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave off all the hair of his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair, shall he shave off, - and shall wash his clothes and bathe his flesh in water so shall he 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
Now, the valley of the open fields, had many pits of bitumen, so the king of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there, - while, they who remained, towards a mountain, fled.
Genesis 14:11
And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food and went their way.
Genesis 14:20
And blessed be GOD Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. So he gave unto him a tenth of all.
Genesis 14:23
That not from a thread even unto a sandal-thong, - will I take, anything, that is thine, - Lest thou shouldst say, I, enriched Abram!
Genesis 15:20
and the Hittite and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim;
Deuteronomy 1:4
after he had smitten Sihon, king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, - and Og, king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth, in Edrei:
Deuteronomy 3:11
For, only Og, king of Bashan was left remaining of the remnant of the giants, lo! his bedstead, was a bedstead of iron, is not, the same, in Rabbath of the sons of Ammon? nine cubits, the length thereof and four cubits, the breadth thereof, by the fore-arm of a man.
Deuteronomy 3:20
until that Yahweh shall give rest unto your brethren, as well as you, so shall, they too, possess the land which, Yahweh your God, is giving unto them, over the Jordan, - then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given unto you.
Deuteronomy 3:22
ye shall not fear them, - for, Yahweh your God, he, it is that is fighting for you.
Joshua 12:4
and the boundary of Og, king of Bashan, of the remnant of the giants, - him who dwelt in Ashtaroth and in Edrei;

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.


 
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