KJV King James Version
And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
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Leviticus 14:51
And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then he shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.
WEB World English Bible
He shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.
ASV American Standard Version
and he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he hath taken the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and hath dipped them in the blood of the slaughtered bird, and in the running water, and hath sprinkled upon the house seven times.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 14
48 And if the priest shall come in, and look [upon it], and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.
49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
50 And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:
51 And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
52 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:
53 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.
54 This [is] the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,
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וְלָקַ֣חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עֵֽץ־H6086 · etstree: woodהָ֠אֶרֶזH730 · e.rezcedarוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָ֨אֵזֹ֜בH231 · e.zovhyssopוְאֵ֣ת׀H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁנִ֣יH8144 · sha.niscarletהַתּוֹלַ֗עַתH8438 · to.lawormוְאֵת֮H853 · et[Obj.]הַצִּפֹּ֣רH6833 · tsip.porbirdהַֽחַיָּה֒H2416 · chayaliveוְטָבַ֣לH2881 · ta.valto dipאֹתָ֗םH853 · et[Obj.]בְּדַם֙H1818 · dambloodהַצִּפֹּ֣רH6833 · tsip.porbirdהַשְּׁחוּטָ֔הH7819 · sha.chatto slaughterוּבַמַּ֖יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterהַֽחַיִּ֑יםH2416 · chayaliveוְהִזָּ֥הH5137 · na.zahto sprinkleאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַבַּ֖יִתH1004 · betplaceשֶׁ֥בַעH7651 · she.vasevenפְּעָמִֽים׃H6471 · pa.ambeat
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