And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
WEB
He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house;
YLT
`And he hath taken for the cleansing of the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop;
DBT
And he shall take, to purge the house from the defilement, two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLeviticus — A holy people before a holy God. Five offerings, a priesthood, a purity code — and at the centre, a single day that carries the sins of a year to a cleansed Most Holy Place.
- Author
- Moses — receives these laws at Sinai; the repeated formula is ‘the LORD spake unto Moses, saying’
- Date
- Composed during Israel's year at Sinai (15th–13th century BC)