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and the priest shall go outside the camp,[a] and the priest shall examine him,[b] and if[c] the skin disease’s infection is healed on[d] the afflicted person, then[e] the priest shall command, and he shall take two living, clean birds and cedar wood[f] and a crimson thread[g] and hyssop for the one who presents himself for cleansing. Then[h] the priest shall command someone[i] to slaughter one bird over fresh water in a clay vessel.

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  1. Leviticus 14:3 Literally “to from an outside place of the camp”
  2. Leviticus 14:3 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Leviticus 14:3 Literally “look” or “behold”
  4. Leviticus 14:3 Hebrew “from”
  5. Leviticus 14:4 Or “and”
  6. Leviticus 14:4 Literally “wood of cedar”
  7. Leviticus 14:4 Literally “crimson thread of the worm”
  8. Leviticus 14:5 Or “And”
  9. Leviticus 14:5 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

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.