who will go outside the camp(A) and examine him.(B) If the skin disease has disappeared from the afflicted person,[a] the priest will order that two live clean birds,(C) cedar wood,(D) scarlet(E) yarn, and hyssop(F) be brought for the one who is to be cleansed. Then the priest will order that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot.

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  1. 14:3 Lit the person afflicted with skin disease

The priest is to go outside the camp and examine them.(A) If they have been healed of their defiling skin disease,[a](B) the priest shall order that two live clean birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop(C) be brought for the person to be cleansed.(D) Then the priest shall order that one of the birds be killed over fresh water in a clay pot.(E)

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  1. Leviticus 14:3 The Hebrew word for defiling skin disease, traditionally translated “leprosy,” was used for various diseases affecting the skin; also in verses 7, 32, 54 and 57.