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The priest releases the living bird over the open field while the restored man watches. The bowl, cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop remain beside them. The accompanying verses preserve the earlier sacrifice, dipping, and seven sprinklings.
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Leviticus 14:4-7

The living bird released

Cleansing People and Houses · Leviticus 14

Story guide: The priest releases the living bird over the open field while the restored man watches. The bowl, cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop remain beside them. The accompanying verses preserve the earlier sacrifice, dipping, and seven sprinklings.

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4Then the priest shall command that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be taken for the one being cleansed.

5Then the priest shall command that one bird be slaughtered over an earthenware vessel containing fresh water.

6As for the living bird, he shall take it, along with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.

7He shall sprinkle it on the one being cleansed from the skin disease seven times, and he shall pronounce him clean, and he shall let the living bird go free over the open field.

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