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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:
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Parallel Purification Rituals
Commentators note that the ritual for cleansing a house mirrors the one for cleansing a healed person, using the same elements: bird's blood, running water, cedar, hyssop, and scarlet thread. This repetition emphasizes a consistent principle of purification in God's law, whether applied to a person or their dwelling. The main difference, as one scholar points out, is the absence of personal sacrifices, which were unique to an individual's atonement.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This section is separated from the one on leprosy in clothing (Leviticus 13:47–59), with which it would seem to be naturally connected.…
19th Century
Anglican
And he shall take to cleanse the house. —The same rites are prescribed for cleansing the house which were performed in cl…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird , &c.] (See Gill on Leviticus 14:4).
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