‏ 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 14:49-52

4-7

50

51

52

‏ Numbers 4:8

6,7,9,11-13

‏ Numbers 19:6

Le 14:4,6,49; Ps 51:7; Isa 1:18; Heb 9:19-23

‏ Joshua 2:18

scarlet thread.

21; Le 14:4; Nu 4:8; 19:6; Heb 9:19

bring. Heb. gather. thy father.

13; 6:23; Ge 7:1; 12:2; 19:12-17; Es 8:6; Lu 19:9; Ac 10:27,33

Ac 11:14; 2Ti 1:16

‏ Proverbs 31:26

openeth.

8,9; Jud 13:23; 1Sa 25:24-31; 2Sa 20:16-22; 2Ki 22:15-20; Es 4:4

Es 5:8; 7:3-6; 8:3-6; Lu 1:38,42-56; Ac 18:26; Eph 4:29; Col 4:5

in her.

12:18; 16:24; 25:15; Ge 24:18-20; So 2:14; 4:11; Mal 2:6; Ac 6:15

1Pe 3:1,4,5,8,9

‏ Hebrews 9:19

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
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