Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 14:49
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
And he shall take to cleanse the house,…. The priest, or by his fellow priest, as Aben Ezra, though some interpret it of the master of the house; in Le 14:49, an account is given of the manner of cleansing a leprous house, which is the same with that of cleansing a leprous man, see notes on Le 14:4-7,
Two birds. The birds here indeed are not described as “alive and clean”, Le 14:4; but both are plainly implied and the house is said to be cleansed with the blood of the slain bird, as well as with the living bird; and it was the upper door post of the house which was sprinkled seven times with it, but there were no sacrifices offered; in this case, as in the cleansing of the leper, the atonement for it was made by the other rites, which were sufficient to render it habitable again, and free for use, either of the owner or any other person;
and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. [See comments on Le 14:4].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(49-53) And he shall take to cleanse the house.The same rites are prescribed for cleansing the house which were performed in cleansing the healed leper (see Lev. 14:3-7), with the exception of the sacrifices which the man brought afterwards, and which were necessarily absent in the case of the restored leprous house.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
And. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) in verses: Lev 14:48-53.
cleanse = cleanse from sin.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Lev 14:4-7
Reciprocal: Num 19:6 – General Psa 51:7 – Purge Son 4:3 – scarlet Heb 9:19 – scarlet
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
14:49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and {o} scarlet, and hyssop:
(o) It seems that this was a lace or string to bind the hyssop to the wood, and so was made a sprinkle: the apostle to the Hebrews calls it scarlet wool, Heb 9:19.