Discovery BoxLeviticus 14:49 
Context14:49 Then he 1 is to take two birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, and some twigs of hyssop 2 to decontaminate 3 the house,
Leviticus 14:52
Context14:52 So he is to decontaminate the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the live bird, the piece of cedar wood, the twigs of hyssop, and the scrap of crimson fabric,
1 tn The pronoun “he” refers to the priest mentioned in the previous verse.
2 tn Regarding these ritual materials, see the note on v. 4 above.
3 tn Regarding the Piel of חָטָא (khata’, cf. v. 52) meaning to “decontaminate” or “perform a decontamination,” see the notes on Lev 8:15 and 9:15.
sn In Lev 8:15, for example, the “sin offering” is used to “decontaminate” the burnt offering altar. As argued above (see the note on v. 7 above), these ritual materials and the procedures performed with them do not constitute a “sin offering” (contrast vv. 19 and 31 above). In fact, no sin offering was required for the purification of a house.
