Skip to main content

Leviticus 14:4

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

KJV

præcipiet ei, qui purificatur, ut offerat duos passeres vivos pro se, quibus vesci licitum est, et lignum cedrinum, vermiculumque et hyssopum.

Vulgate

καὶ προστάξει ὁ ἱερεύς, καὶ λήμψονται τῷ κεκαθαρισμένῳ δύο ὀρνίθια ζῶντα καθαρά, καὶ ξύλον κέδρινον καὶ κεκλωσμένον κόκκινον καὶ ὕσσωπον·

LXX

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:

ASV

וְ/צִוָּה֙ הַ/כֹּהֵ֔ן וְ/לָקַ֧ח לַ/מִּטַּהֵ֛ר שְׁתֵּֽי צִפֳּרִ֥ים חַיּ֖וֹת טְהֹר֑וֹת וְ/עֵ֣ץ אֶ֔רֶז וּ/שְׁנִ֥י תוֹלַ֖עַת וְ/אֵזֹֽב

Hebrew

Open in reader with connections →

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲרָזִ֔ים
'rzym
noun · 70×
אֵזֹֽב
'zb
noun · 10×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
טָה֑וֹר
thvr
adjective · 94×
טָהֵֽר
thr
verb · 95×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
צִוָּ֥ה
tsvh
verb · 489×
צִּפֹּ֣ר
tspr
noun · 39×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
שָׁנִ֖י
shny
noun · 42×
תוֹלַ֥עַת
tvl't
noun · 43×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 12:22 — And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the
  • Heb 9:19 — For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all
  • Heb 9:19 — For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all
  • Josh 2:18 — Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and al
  • Lev 14:6 — 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:
  • Lev 14:49 — And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
  • Num 19:6 — And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
  • Num 19:6 — And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
  • Ps 51:7 — Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
  • Ps 51:7 — Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.