Leviticus 14:49

49 To purify the house he is to take two birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop.

Leviticus 14:49 in Other Translations

49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

49 And for the cleansing of the house he shall take two small birds, with cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop,

49 To purify the house the priest must take two birds, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch.

49 He then is to purify the house by taking two birds, some cedar wood, scarlet thread, and hyssop.

49 He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house,

Leviticus 14:49 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 14:49

And he shall take to cleanse the house
The priest, or by his fellow priest, as Aben Ezra, though some interpret it of the master of the house; in ( Leviticus 14:49-53 ) , an account is given of the manner of cleansing a leprous house, which is the same with that of cleansing a leprous man, see notes on Le 14:4-7,
Two birds.
The birds here indeed are not described as "alive and clean", ( Leviticus 14:4 ) ; but both are plainly implied and the house is said to be cleansed with the blood of the slain bird, as well as with the living bird; and it was the upper door post of the house which was sprinkled seven times with it, but there were no sacrifices offered; in this case, as in the cleansing of the leper, the atonement for it was made by the other rites, which were sufficient to render it habitable again, and free for use, either of the owner or any other person; and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. (See Gill on Leviticus 14:4).

Leviticus 14:49 In-Context

47 Anyone who sleeps or eats in the house must wash their clothes.

48 “But if the priest comes to examine it and the mold has not spread after the house has been plastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the defiling mold is gone.

49 To purify the house he is to take two birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop.

50 He shall kill one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.

51 Then he is to take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn and the live bird, dip them into the blood of the dead bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

Cross References

• 1. ver 4; 1 Kings 4:33; ver 4