Leviticus 14:49

What does Leviticus 14:49 mean?

A plain-English look at Leviticus 14:49 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And in order to make the house clean, let him take two birds and cedar-wood and red thread and hyssop;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And he hath taken for the cleansing of the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And for the purification thereof he shall take two sparrows, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he shall take, to purge the house from the defilement, two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop;

Context

v.48And if the priest shall come in, and look, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plastered; then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.

v.49This passage

v.50and he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Leviticus 14:4

    then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

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