Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
Then the priest shall order someone to bring for the person who is being cleansed two living, clean birds, along with cedar wood, scarlet thread, and hyssop.
The writer is describing the specific items a priest needed to gather for a ceremonial cleansing ritual - two live birds, cedar wood, scarlet thread, and hyssop.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of the detailed laws God gave Moses for cleansing people who had been healed from skin diseases (often translated as 'leprosy'). In ancient Israel, certain skin conditions made people ceremonially unclean and excluded from community worship until they were declared clean by a priest. These cleansing rituals used symbolic elements that represented purification and new life.
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