Leviticus 14 · Verse 50

Leviticus 14:50

And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:
Leviticus 14:50, King James Version

Leviticus 14:50 in other translations

BSBand he shall slaughter one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.
WEBHe shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.
ASVand he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:
YLTand he hath slaughtered the one bird upon an earthen vessel, over running water;
DARBYand he shall kill one bird in an earthen vessel over running water;
BBEAnd put one of the birds to death in a vessel of earth over flowing water;
WebsterAnd he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel, over running water:

What does Leviticus 14:50 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 14:34-57

34-48. leprosy in a house--This law was prospective, not to come into operation till the settlement of the Israelites in Canaan. The words, "I put the leprosy," has led many to think that this plague was a judicial infliction from heaven for the sins of the owner; while others do not regard it in this light, it being common in Scripture to represent God as doing that which He only permits in His providence to be…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 14:33-53

The leprosy in a house is unaccountable to us, as well as the leprosy in a garment; but now sin, where that reigns in a house, is a plague there, as it is in a heart. Masters of families should be aware, and afraid of the first appearance of sin in their families, and put it away, whatever it is. If the leprosy is got into the house, the infected part must be taken out. If it remain in the house, the whole must be…

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Leviticus 14:50 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְשָׁחַ֖טve.sha.Chatand he will cut [the] throat ofH7819
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַצִּפֹּ֣רha.tzi.Porthe birdH6833
הָאֶחָ֑תha.'e.Chat<the> oneH259
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
כְּלִי\־ke.li-a vessel ofH3627
חֶ֖רֶשׂChe.researthenwareH2789
עַל\־'al-overH5921
מַ֥יִםMa.yimwaterH4325
חַיִּֽים\׃chai.YimlivingH2416

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Leviticus 14:49

    And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

  • Leviticus 14:50

    And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:

  • Leviticus 14:51

    And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:

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Leviticus 14:50 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y degollará la una avecilla en una vasija de barro sobre aguas vivas:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et il égorgera l’un des oiseaux sur un vase de terre, sur de l’eau vive;
German
Elberfelder 1871
und er schlachte den einen Vogel in ein irdenes Gefäß über lebendigem Wasser;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et immolato uno passere in vase fictili super aquas vivas,