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the priest shall go outside the camp. The priest shall examine him. If the area infected by the skin disease has become healthy, the priest shall command that two clean wild birds, some cedar wood, some scarlet yarn, and some hyssop be taken for the person who is being purified. The priest shall command that one bird be slaughtered in an earthen pot over water from a flowing source.[a]

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  1. Leviticus 14:5 The source of the water is to be a flowing spring or stream, not a stagnant pool.

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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  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.