Leviticus 14:55 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,”

Leviticus 14:55

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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.

This {is} the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,

And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,

And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:

To teach when {it is} unclean, and when {it is} clean: this {is} the law of leprosy. {when it is unclean...: Heb. in the day of the unclean, and in the day of the clean}

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Leviticus 14:1

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"

Leviticus 14:2

"This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:"

Leviticus 14:3

"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;"

Leviticus 14:4

"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 14:5

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

Leviticus 14:6

"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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