The Meaning of Leviticus 14:53 Explained

Leviticus 14:53

KJV: But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.

YLT: and he hath sent away the living bird unto the outside of the city unto the face of the field, and hath made atonement for the house, and it hath been clean.

Darby: and he shall let the living bird loose out of the city into the open field; and he shall make atonement for the house, and it is clean.

ASV: but he shall let got the living bird out of the city into the open field: so shall he make atonement for the house; and it shall be clean.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But he shall let go  the living  bird  out  of the city  into the open  fields,  and make an atonement  for the house:  and it shall be clean. 

What does Leviticus 14:53 Mean?

Study Notes

atonement
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Heb. kaphar, "to cover." The English word "atonement" (at-one-ment) is not a translation of the Heb. kaphar, but a translator's interpretation. According to Scripture the legal sacrifice "covered" the offerer's sin and secured the divine forgiveness; according to the translators it made God and the sinner at- one. But the O.T. sacrifices did not at-one the sinner and God. "It is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins." Hebrews 10:4 . The Israelite's offering implied confession of sin and of its due desert, death; and God "covered" (passed over," Romans 3:25 his sin, in anticipation of Christ's sacrifice, which did, finally, "put away" the sins "done aforetime in the forbearance of God."; Romans 3:25 ; Hebrews 9:15 . (See Scofield " Romans 3:25 ") . The word "atonement" does not occur in the N.T.; Romans 5:11 meaning reconciliation, and so rendered in the R.V.
See "Sacrifice," Genesis 4:4 , and refs. (See Scofield " Genesis 4:4 ")
(See Scofield " Leviticus 16:5 ")

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 14

1  The rites and sacrifices in cleansing the leper
33  The signs of leprosy in a house
48  The cleansing of that house

What do the individual words in Leviticus 14:53 mean?

and he shall let loose - the bird living - outside the city in open the field and make atonement for the house and it shall be clean
וְשִׁלַּ֞ח אֶת־ הַצִּפֹּ֧ר הַֽחַיָּ֛ה אֶל־ מִח֥וּץ לָעִ֖יר אֶל־ פְּנֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה וְכִפֶּ֥ר עַל־ הַבַּ֖יִת וְטָהֵֽר

וְשִׁלַּ֞ח  and  he  shall  let  loose 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁלַח  
Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הַצִּפֹּ֧ר  the  bird 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: צִפֹּור  
Sense: bird, fowl.
הַֽחַיָּ֛ה  living 
Parse: Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
אֶל־  - 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
מִח֥וּץ  outside 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חוּץ  
Sense: outside, outward, street, the outside.
לָעִ֖יר  the  city 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
פְּנֵ֣י  open 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה  the  field 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׂדֶה 
Sense: field, land.
וְכִפֶּ֥ר  and  make  atonement 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כָּפַר 
Sense: to cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation, cover over with pitch.
הַבַּ֖יִת  the  house 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
וְטָהֵֽר  and  it  shall  be  clean 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: טָהֵר  
Sense: to be clean, be pure.

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