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 · 2000And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And 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) · 1752And for the purification thereof he shall take two sparrows, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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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