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Leviticus 14:52 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 14 · verse 52
And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:Leviticus 14:52 · King James Version
Leviticus 14:52 in context
50And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:
51And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
52And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:
53But 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.
54This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- cleansechâṭâʼproperly, to missH2398 →
- runningchayaliveH2416 →
- scarletshânîycrimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with itH8144 →
- hyssopʼêzôwbhyssopH231 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- blooddâmblood of man or an animalH1818 →
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This is the law concerning the leprosy in a house. Now that they were in the wilderness they dwelt in tents, and had no houses, and therefore the law is made only an appendix to the former laws concerning the leprosy, because it related, not to their present state, but to their future settlement.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 33-53