Leviticus 14:49

And in order to make the house clean, let him take two birds and cedar-wood and red thread and hyssop;

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In The King James Version

And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

In Context

48And if the priest comes in, and sees that the disease is not increased after the new paste has been put on the house, then the priest will say that the house is clean, because the disease is gone.

50And put one of the birds to death in a vessel of earth over flowing water;

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:4Then the priest is to give orders to take, for him who is to be made clean, two living clean birds and some cedar wood and red thread and hyssop.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 14:34-54

33 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 34 When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession; 35 And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house: 36 Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward… Read the whole commentary →

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