Leviticus 14:49
And for the purification thereof he shall take two sparrows, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et in purificationem ejus sumet duos passeres, lignumque cedrinum, et vermiculum atque hyssopum :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ λήμψεται ἀφαγνίσαι τὴν οἰκίαν δύο ὀρνίθια ζῶντα καθαρὰ καὶ ξύλον κέδρινον καὶ κεκλωσμένον κόκκινον καὶ ὕσσωπον·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְלָקַ֛ח לְחַטֵּ֥א אֶת הַבַּ֖יִת שְׁתֵּ֣י צִפֳּרִ֑ים וְעֵ֣ץ אֶ֔רֶז וּשְׁנִ֥י תוֹלַ֖עַת וְאֵזֹֽב
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St Justin Martyr Other Fragments from the Lost Writings, X
By the two birds Christ is denoted, both dead as man, and living as God. He is likened to a bird, because He is understood and declared to be from above, and from heaven. And the living bird, having been dipped in the blood of the dead one, was afterwards let go. For the living and divine Word was in the crucified and dead temple [of the body], as being a partaker of the passion, and yet impassible to God.