Leviticus 14:1

Instructions for Cleansing Infectious Skin Diseases

1 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Leviticus 14:1 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 14:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses
In order to deliver the same to Aaron, who, and the priests his successors, were chiefly to be concerned in the execution of the law given: saying;
as follows.

Leviticus 14:1 In-Context

1 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "This is the regulation of the person afflicted with a skin disease {at the time of} his cleansing. And he shall be brought to the priest,

3 and the priest shall go {outside the camp}, and the priest shall examine [him], and {if} the skin disease's infection is healed on the afflicted person,

4 then the priest shall command, and he shall take two living, clean birds and {cedar wood} and {a crimson thread} and hyssop for the one who presents himself for cleansing.

5 Then the priest shall command [someone] to slaughter one bird over fresh water in a clay vessel.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "And"