Levítico 14:49

49 »Para purificar la casa, el sacerdote deberá tomar dos aves, pedazos de madera de cedro, ramas de hisopo y un paño escarlata.

Levítico 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).

Levítico 14:49 In-Context

47 y todo el que duerma o coma en dicha casa deberá lavarse la ropa.

48 »Si después de haber sido resanada la casa, el sacerdote la examina y el moho no se ha extendido, la declarará pura, porque la infección ha desaparecido.

49 »Para purificar la casa, el sacerdote deberá tomar dos aves, pedazos de madera de cedro, ramas de hisopo y un paño escarlata.

50 Degollará una de las aves sobre una vasija de barro llena de agua de manantial;

51 tomará la madera de cedro, las ramas de hisopo, el paño escarlata y la otra ave viva, y mojará todo esto en la sangre del ave degollada y en el agua de manantial.