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What does Leviticus 14:5 mean?
"The priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water."
— Leviticus 14:5 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
“This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest,
and the priest shall go out of the camp. The priest shall examine him, and behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper,
then the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
The priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.
As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water.
He shall sprinkle on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird go into the open field.
“He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days.
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