Leviticus 14:49

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,

To purify the house he is to take two birds and some cedar wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop.

"To cleanse the house then, he shall take two birds and cedar wood and a scarlet string and hyssop,

To purify the house the priest will need two birds, some cedarwood, a scarlet cloth, and a hyssop branch.

He then is to purify the house by taking two birds, some cedar wood, scarlet thread, and hyssop.

And in order to make the house clean, let him take two birds and cedar-wood and red thread and hyssop;

For the cleansing of the house he shall take two birds, with cedarwood and crimson yarn and hyssop,

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

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,

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.