Leviticus 14:53

53 And he shall send the living bird {outside the city} {into the open field}; and so he shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.

Leviticus 14:53 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 14:53

But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the
open fields (See Gill on Leviticus 14:7).

Leviticus 14:53 In-Context

51 Then he shall take the {cedar wood} and the hyssop and {the crimson thread} and the living bird, and he shall dip them in the slaughtered bird's blood and in the fresh water, and he shall spatter [them] on the house seven times.

52 Thus he shall purify the house with the bird's blood and with the fresh water and with the living bird and with the {cedar wood} and with the hyssop and with {the crimson thread}.

53 And he shall send the living bird {outside the city} {into the open field}; and so he shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.

54 "This [is] the instruction for any infectious skin disease and for the diseased area of skin,

55 and for a {mildew} of the garment and for the house,

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "to from an outside place of the city"
• [b] Literally "to the faces of the field"