Leviticus 14:53

But he shall send forth the living bird out of town, upon the face of the field, and make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

52And he shall purify the house with the blood of the bird, and with the spring water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet.

54This is the law for every plague of leprosy and of scorbutics,

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:20And the priest shall sacrifice the burnt offering with the mincha at the altar, and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

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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