Leviticus 14:5

and the priest shall give command, and one bird shall be slain,—within an earthen vessel over living water:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4then shall the priest give command,—and there shall be taken—for him that is to be cleansed—two living clean birds,—and cedar wood, and crimson am hyssop;

6as for the living bird, he shall take, it, and the cedar wood and the crimson, and the hyssop,—and shall dip them and the living bird, in the blood of the bird that hath been slain over the living water;

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Cross References

Numbers 5:17and the priest shall take hallowed water in an earthen vessel,—and of the dust which shall be upon the floor of the habitation, shall the priest take, and put into the water;

2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that—if, our earthly tent-dwelling, should be taken down, we have, a building of God, a dwelling not made by hand, age-abiding in the heavens.

Hebrews 2:14Seeing therefore the children have received a fellowship of blood and flesh, he also, in like manner, took partnership in the same,—in order that, through death,—he might paralyse him that held the dominion of death, that is, the Adversary,—

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 14:2-10

The Law Concerning Leprosy. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: 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; 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: 5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be… Read the whole commentary →

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