Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He shall purify the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop and the scarlet yarn. New Living Translation When the priest has purified the house in exactly this way, English Standard Version Thus he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the fresh water and with the live bird and with the cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet yarn. Berean Standard Bible And he shall cleanse the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn. Berean Literal Bible And he shall cleanse from sin the house with the blood of the bird, and with the living water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet yarn. King James Bible And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet: New King James Version And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and the running water and the living bird, with the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet. New American Standard Bible So he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the running water, along with the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet string. NASB 1995 “He shall thus cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the running water, along with the live bird and with the cedar wood and with the hyssop and with the scarlet string. NASB 1977 “He shall thus cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the running water, along with the live bird and with the cedar wood and with the hyssop and with the scarlet string. Legacy Standard Bible He shall thus cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the running water, along with the live bird and with the cedar wood and with the hyssop and with the scarlet string. Amplified Bible So he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the running water, along with the live bird and the cedar wood and the hyssop and the scarlet string. Berean Annotated Bible And he shall cleanse the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn. Christian Standard Bible He will purify the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn. Holman Christian Standard Bible He will purify the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn. American Standard Version and he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet: English Revised Version and he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet: GOD'S WORD® Translation So he must use the bird's blood, the fresh water, the living bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the red yarn to make the house clean. Good News Translation In this way he shall purify the house with the bird's blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the red cord. International Standard Version He is to clean the house with the blood of the bird over flowing water, including cleansing the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the crimson thread. NET Bible So he is to decontaminate the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the live bird, the piece of cedar wood, the twigs of hyssop, and the scrap of crimson fabric, New Heart English Bible He shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, with the living bird, with the cedar wood, with the hyssop, and with the scarlet; Webster's Bible Translation And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet: Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleAnd he shall cleanse the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn. World English Bible He shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, with the living bird, with the cedar wood, with the hyssop, and with the scarlet; Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd he has cleansed the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet; Berean Literal Bible And he shall cleanse from sin the house with the blood of the bird, and with the living water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet yarn. Young's Literal Translation 'And he hath cleansed the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet; Smith's Literal Translation And he cleansed the house with the blood of the bird in living water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the double scarlet. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd shall purify it as well with the blood of the sparrow, as with the living water, and with the living sparrow, and with the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet. Catholic Public Domain Version And he shall purify it as much with the blood of the sparrow as with the living water, and with the living sparrow, and the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the vermillion. New American Bible Thus he shall purify the house with the bird’s blood and the fresh water, along with the living bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn. New Revised Standard Version Thus he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the fresh water, and with the living bird, and with the cedarwood and hyssop and crimson yarn; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the running water and with the live bird and with the cedar wood and with hyssop and with the scarlet material; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with living water and with the living bird and with the wood of cedar and with hyssop and with dye of scarlet: OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar-wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet. Brenton Septuagint Translation and he shall purify the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the spun scarlet. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Cleansing a Home…51Then he shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 52And he shall cleanse the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn. 53Finally, he is to release the live bird into the open fields outside the city. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.… Cross References And he shall cleanse the house 2 Chronicles 29:16-18 So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley. / They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the LORD. For eight more days they consecrated the house of the LORD itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month. / Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported, “We have cleansed the entire house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table of the showbread with all its utensils. John 2:14-17 In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables. / So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. / To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!” … with the bird’s blood, Leviticus 1:14-17 If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon. / Then the priest shall bring it to the altar, twist off its head, and burn it on the altar; its blood should be drained out on the side of the altar. / And he is to remove the crop with its contents and throw it to the east side of the altar, in the place for ashes. … Leviticus 5:8-10 He is to bring them to the priest, who shall first present the one for the sin offering. He is to twist its head at the front of its neck without severing it; / then he is to sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood is drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering. / And the priest must prepare the second bird as a burnt offering according to the ordinance. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven. the fresh water, Numbers 19:17-18 For the purification of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them. / Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain. Leviticus 15:13 When the man has been cleansed from his discharge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in fresh water, and he shall be clean. the live bird, Leviticus 16:21-22 Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task. / The goat will carry on itself all their iniquities into a solitary place, and the man will release it into the wilderness. Genesis 8:8-12 Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground. / But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark. / Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. … the cedar wood, Numbers 19:6 The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer. 1 Kings 6:15-18 He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards. / He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. / And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long. … the hyssop, Psalm 51:7 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Exodus 12:22 Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning. and the scarlet yarn. Exodus 25:4 blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair; Exodus 26:1 “You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them. Hebrews 9:13-14 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, / how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God! Numbers 19:18-19 Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain. / The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean. Treasury of Scripture And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet: Jump to Previous Bird Bird's Blood Cedar Cedarwood Cedar-Wood Clean Cleanse Defilement Flowing Fresh House Hyssop Live Purge Purify Red Running Scarlet String Stuff Thread Water Wood YarnJump to Next Bird Bird's Blood Cedar Cedarwood Cedar-Wood Clean Cleanse Defilement Flowing Fresh House Hyssop Live Purge Purify Red Running Scarlet String Stuff Thread Water Wood YarnLeviticus 14 1. The rites and sacrifices in cleansing the leper33. The signs of leprosy in a house 48. The cleansing of that house And he shall cleanse the house This phrase refers to the ritual purification of a house that has been afflicted with mold or mildew, considered a form of leprosy in biblical times. The cleansing of the house symbolizes the removal of impurity and sin, reflecting the holiness required by God. This act is part of the broader Levitical laws given to the Israelites to maintain purity and holiness in their community. with the bird’s blood the fresh water the live bird the cedar wood the hyssop and the scarlet yarn Persons / Places / Events 1. PriestThe priest is the central figure in the cleansing process, acting as a mediator between God and the people. 2. House Represents the dwelling place of the Israelites, which could become unclean due to mold or mildew. 3. Cleansing Ritual A ceremonial process involving specific elements to purify a house that has been declared unclean. Teaching Points Symbolism of CleansingThe use of blood, water, and other elements symbolizes the thorough cleansing required to remove impurity. This points to the need for spiritual cleansing in our lives through Christ's sacrifice. Role of the Priest The priest's role as a mediator foreshadows Christ's role as our High Priest, who intercedes on our behalf and provides ultimate purification from sin. Importance of Obedience The detailed instructions for cleansing highlight the importance of obedience to God's commands. In our lives, we are called to follow God's Word diligently. Community and Holiness The cleansing of a house reflects the broader call for the community to maintain holiness. As believers, we are to encourage one another in living pure and holy lives. Spiritual Renewal Just as the house is cleansed and renewed, we are invited to seek spiritual renewal through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Leviticus 14:52?2. How does Leviticus 14:52 illustrate the importance of purification in our lives? 3. What spiritual significance does the cleansing of a house hold for Christians today? 4. How can we apply the principles of Leviticus 14:52 to our spiritual walk? 5. In what ways does Leviticus 14:52 connect to New Testament teachings on purity? 6. How does "purify the house" in Leviticus 14:52 relate to personal holiness? 7. What is the significance of cleansing a house with blood, bird, and hyssop in Leviticus 14:52? 8. How does Leviticus 14:52 relate to the concept of ritual purity in the Bible? 9. Why does Leviticus 14:52 emphasize the use of specific elements for purification? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 14? 11. How could sprinkling bird blood and water (Leviticus 14:1-7) realistically cure or cleanse a contagious skin disease by any scientific or medical standard? 12. How do we reconcile the elaborate purification rituals (Leviticus 14:1-32) with modern understanding of infection and disease transmission? 13. Numbers 19:6: Are there any historical or archaeological records confirming the use of cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet yarn in sacrificial rituals? 14. Why does Leviticus 14:4-6 use cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop, and is there historical or archaeological evidence of their effectiveness in disease control? What Does Leviticus 14:52 Mean And he shall cleanse the house• After mildew was found, the priest returned, inspected, and then “shall cleanse the house” (Leviticus 14:48–52). • The command shows God’s concern for both physical health and spiritual purity. Compare the wider context of Leviticus 14:34–35 with 1 Corinthians 3:16, where believers are called God’s dwelling place, and Hebrews 3:6, which speaks of Christ over His house. A cleansed house foreshadows God’s plan to dwell in a clean people. with the bird’s blood • One bird was sacrificed over fresh water in a clay pot (Leviticus 14:5). Its blood mixed with water became the agent of cleansing. • Hebrews 9:22 teaches, “without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness,” while 1 John 1:7 says, “the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.” The slain bird points directly to the necessity of a sinless life poured out so impurity can be removed. the fresh water • The “fresh water” (literally running water) kept in motion symbolized life, not stagnation. • Ezekiel 36:25 promises, “I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean,” and Ephesians 5:26 speaks of being sanctified “by the washing with water through the word.” Together with the blood, the water proclaims a dual cleansing—removal of guilt and renewal of life. the live bird • After being dipped in the blood-water mixture, the live bird was released outside the city (Leviticus 14:7, 53). • This pictures freedom purchased by sacrifice. Leviticus 16:20-22 uses a live goat to bear sin away; here the bird dramatizes release. John 8:36 says, “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed,” and John 11:25 presents Jesus as “the resurrection and the life.” The living bird soaring heavenward portrays the risen Christ and the believer’s liberty. the cedar wood • Cedar is enduring, fragrant, and resistant to decay (1 Kings 5:6; Psalm 92:12). • Its inclusion signals permanence: once God cleanses, corruption is halted. The cross itself is sometimes called a “tree” (Acts 5:30), and cedar’s durability anticipates the lasting work accomplished at Calvary. the hyssop • Hyssop, a small bushy plant, was used to apply blood at Passover (Exodus 12:22) and in David’s plea, “Purge me with hyssop, and I will be clean” (Psalm 51:7). • John 19:29 notes that a branch of hyssop lifted the sour wine to Jesus’ lips. In house-cleansing it served as a simple brush, stressing that God uses humble means to apply redemption’s power. the scarlet yarn • Scarlet, the color of blood, threads the story of redemption: the scarlet cord spared Rahab (Joshua 2:18-21); Isaiah 1:18 promises crimson sins made white as snow. • Tied to the cedar and hyssop (Leviticus 14:6), the yarn bound the elements together, picturing how the sacrifice, the cleansing, and the enduring promise are inseparably united in one act of grace. summary Leviticus 14:52 shows God providing a comprehensive remedy for defilement: sacrificial blood, life-giving water, a living representative, durable wood, humble hyssop, and scarlet signifying atonement. Each detail foreshadows the complete, lasting cleansing found in Jesus Christ—sin removed, purity applied, and freedom granted—so that God may dwell in a holy house forever. Hebrew And he shall cleanseוְחִטֵּ֣א (wə·ḥiṭ·ṭê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn the house הַבַּ֔יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1004: A house with the bird’s הַצִּפּ֔וֹר (haṣ·ṣip·pō·wr) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 6833: A little bird blood, בְּדַם֙ (bə·ḏam) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed the fresh הַֽחַיִּ֑ים (ha·ḥay·yîm) Article | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life water, וּבַמַּ֖יִם (ū·ḇam·ma·yim) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen the live הַחַיָּ֗ה (ha·ḥay·yāh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life bird, וּבַצִּפֹּ֣ר (ū·ḇaṣ·ṣip·pōr) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 6833: A little bird the cedar הָאֶ֛רֶז (hā·’e·rez) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 730: A cedar tree wood, וּבְעֵ֥ץ (ū·ḇə·‘êṣ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood the hyssop, וּבָאֵזֹ֖ב (ū·ḇā·’ê·zōḇ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 231: Hyssop and the scarlet yarn. וּבִשְׁנִ֥י (ū·ḇiš·nî) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8144: Crimson, the insect, its color, stuff dyed with it Links Leviticus 14:52 NIVLeviticus 14:52 NLT Leviticus 14:52 ESV Leviticus 14:52 NASB Leviticus 14:52 KJV Leviticus 14:52 BibleApps.com Leviticus 14:52 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 14:52 Chinese Bible Leviticus 14:52 French Bible Leviticus 14:52 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 14:52 He shall cleanse the house (Le Lv Lev.) |
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