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[a] and the kohen is to go to the outside of the camp. The kohen is to examine him, and behold, if the mark of tza’arat is healed in one with tza’arat, then the kohen is to command that two clean living birds, cedar wood, scarlet and hyssop be brought for the one being cleansed. The kohen should command them to kill one of the birds in a clay pot over living water.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 14:3 cf. Matt. 8:4.

The priest is to go outside the camp and examine them.(A) If they have been healed of their defiling skin disease,[a](B) the priest shall order that two live clean birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop(C) be brought for the person to be cleansed.(D) Then the priest shall order that one of the birds be killed over fresh water in a clay pot.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 14:3 The Hebrew word for defiling skin disease, traditionally translated “leprosy,” was used for various diseases affecting the skin; also in verses 7, 32, 54 and 57.