KJV King James Version
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.
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Leviticus 14:53
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Finally, he is to release the live bird into the open fields outside the city. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.
WEB World English Bible
but he shall let the living bird go out of the city into the open field. So shall he make atonement for the house; and it shall be clean.”
ASV American Standard Version
but he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open field: so shall he make atonement for the house; and it shall be clean.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he hath sent away the living bird unto the outside of the city unto the face of the field, and hath made atonement for the house, and it hath been clean.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 14
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,
55 And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,
56 And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְשִׁלַּ֞חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַצִּפֹּ֧רH6833 · tsip.porbirdהַֽחַיָּ֛הH2416 · chayaliveאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מִח֥וּץH2351 · chutsoutsideלָעִ֖ירH5892 · irexcitementאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)פְּנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהַשָּׂדֶ֑הH7704 · sa.daySirionוְכִפֶּ֥רH3722 · ki.pherto atoneעַל־H5921 · aluponהַבַּ֖יִתH1004 · betplaceוְטָהֵֽר׃H2891 · ta.herbe pure
Cross-references
Leviticus 14:20And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.Leviticus 14:7And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.
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