“Finally, he is to release the live bird into the open fields outside the city. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.”
Leviticus 14:53 (BSB)
Context Reading
51Then he shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 52And he shall cleanse the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn. 53Finally, he is to release the live bird into the open fields outside the city. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean. 54This is the law for any infectious skin disease, for a scaly outbreak, 55for mildew in clothing or in a house,