Leviticus 14:3-5
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
3 the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall make an examination. If the disease is healed in the leprous[a] person, 4 the priest shall command that two living clean birds and cedar wood and crimson yarn and hyssop be brought for the one who is to be cleansed. 5 The priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in an earthen vessel.
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- Leviticus 14:3 A term for several skin diseases; precise meaning uncertain
Leviticus 14:3-5
New International Version
3 The priest is to go outside the camp and examine them.(A) If they have been healed of their defiling skin disease,[a](B) 4 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) 5 Then the priest shall order that one of the birds be killed over fresh water in a clay pot.(E)
Footnotes
- 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.
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