Key Verse Spotlight
Leviticus 14:4 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive {and} clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: {birds: or, sparrows}”
Leviticus 14:4
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:
And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, {if} the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;
Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive {and} clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: {birds: or, sparrows}
And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:
As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird {that was} killed over the running water:
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