Lev 14:4, 6, 49, Psa 51:7, Isa 1:18, Heb 9:19-23 | TSK | STEP | two birds. or, sparrows.The word {tzippor,} from the Arabic {zaphara,} to fly, is used in the Scriptures to denote birds of every species, particularly small birds. But it is often used in a more restricted sense, as the Hebrew writers assert, to signify the sparrow. Aquinas says the same; and Jerome renders it here the sparrow. So the Greek [strouthia,] in Matthew and Luke, which signifies a sparrow, is rendered by the Syriac translator {tzipparin}, the same as the Hebrew {tzipporim}. Nor is it peculiar to the Hebrews to give the same name to the sparrow and to fowls of the largest size; for Nicander calls the hen [strouthos katoikados,] the domestic sparrow, and both Plautus and Ausonius call the ostrich, {passer marinus,} "the marine sparrow." It is evident, however, that the word in this passage signifies birds in general; for if the sparrow was a clean bird, there was no necessity for commanding a clean one to be taken, since every one of the species was ceremonially clean; but if it was unclean, then it could not be called clean. cedar. scarlet. hyssop.

Leviticus 14:4

two birds. or, sparrows.The word {tzippor,} from the Arabic {zaphara,} to fly, is used in the Scriptures to denote birds of every species, particularly small birds. But it is often used in a more restricted sense, as the Hebrew writers assert, to signify the sparrow. Aquinas says the same; and Jerome renders it here the sparrow. So the Greek [strouthia,] in Matthew and Luke, which signifies a sparrow, is rendered by the Syriac translator {tzipparin}, the same as the Hebrew {tzipporim}. Nor is it peculiar to the Hebrews to give the same name to the sparrow and to fowls of the largest size; for Nicander calls the hen [strouthos katoikados,] the domestic sparrow, and both Plautus and Ausonius call the ostrich, {passer marinus,} "the marine sparrow." It is evident, however, that the word in this passage signifies birds in general; for if the sparrow was a clean bird, there was no necessity for commanding a clean one to be taken, since every one of the species was ceremonially clean; but if it was unclean, then it could not be called clean.

1:14; 5:7; 12:8

cedar.

6,49-52; Nu 19:6

scarlet.

Heb 9:19

hyssop.

Ex 12:22; Nu 19:18; Ps 51:7

Leviticus 14:6

the living bird.

Joh 14:19; Ro 4:25; 5:10; Php 2:9-11; Heb 1:3; Re 1:18

dip them.

51-53; Zec 13:1; Re 1:5

Leviticus 14:49

4-7

Psalms 51:7

Purge.

Le 14:4-7,49-52; Nu 19:18-20; Heb 9:19

and.

Heb 9:13,14; 1Jo 1:7; Re 1:5

whiter.

Isa 1:18; Eph 5:26,27; Re 7:13,14

Isaiah 1:18

and let us.

41:21; 43:24-26; 1Sa 12:7; Jer 2:5; Mic 6:2; Ac 17:2; 18:4; 24:25

though your.

44:22; Ps 51:7; Mic 7:18,19; Ro 5:20; Eph 1:6-8; Re 7:14

Hebrews 9:19-23

the blood.

12; 10:4; Ex 24:5,6,8-11; Le 1:2,3,10; 3:6; 16:14-18

scarlet. or, purple.

Le 14:4-6,49-52; Nu 19:6; Mt 27:28; Mr 15:17,20; Joh 19:2,5

hyssop.

Ex 12:22; Nu 19:18; Ps 51:7

sprinkled.

12:24; Ex 24:8; Isa 52:15; Eze 36:25; 1Pe 1:2

This.

13:20; Zec 9:11; Mt 26:28

testament. Rather, covenant.Ver. 16, 17, may be better rendered, "For where a covenant is, there must necessarily be the death of that by which it is confirmed; for a covenant is confirmed over dead victims, and does not avail while that by which it is confirmed liveth."

De 29:12; Jos 9:6

Ex 29:12,20,36; Le 8:15,19; 9:8,9,18; 16:14-19; 2Ch 29:19-22

Eze 43:18-26

almost.

Le 14:6,14,25,51,52

and without.

Le 4:20,26,35; 5:10,12,18; 6:7; 17:11

the patterns.

9,10,24; 8:5; 10:1; Col 2:17

the heavenly.

11,12,14,24; 10:4,10-17; Lu 24:26,46; Joh 14:3; 1Pe 1:19-21; Re 5:9