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| | 14:5 |
The priest shall give orders that one bird be slaughtered over fresh spring water in a clay bowl.
Vetsivah hakohen veshachat et-hatsipor ha'echat el-kli-cheres al-mayim chayim. |
| 14:6 |
He shall then take the live bird together with the piece of cedar, the crimson wool, and the hyssop. Along with the live bird, he shall dip [the other articles] into the spring water mixed with the blood of the slaughtered bird.
Et-hatsipor hachayah yikach otah ve'et-ets ha'erez ve'et-shni hatola'at ve'et-ha'ezov vetaval otam ve'et hatsipor hachayah bedam hatsipor hashchutah al hamayim hachayim. |
| 14:7 |
He shall then sprinkle [this mixture] seven times on the person undergoing purification from the leprous curse, thus rendering him clean. He shall send the living bird away toward the fields.
Vehizah al hamitaher min-hatsara'at sheva pe'amim vetiharo veshilach et-hatsipor hachayah al-peney hasadeh. |
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Commentary:
slaughtered
The slaughtered bird is then buried (Negaim 14:1; Yad, Tumath Tzaraath 11:1).
| spring water
Mayim chaim in Hebrew, literally, 'living water.' There must be a revi'ith (¼ log or 2½ ounces) of water in the bowl (Ibid.)
| bowl
It must be new (Ibid.).
| together with...
The cedar and the hyssop are tied together with the end of the crimson skein of wool (Ibid.; cf. Tifereth Yisrael, Negaim 14:11). Some say that this must be prepared before the first bird is slaughtered (Rashi).
| on the person
On the back of his hand (Negaim, Yad, loc. cit.). Some say that it is sprinkled on his forehead (Negaim 14:1; Sifra).
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