Leviticus 14:50
And having immolated one sparrow In an earthen vessel over living waters,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et immolato uno passere in vase fictili super aquas vivas,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ σφάξει τὸ ὀρνίθιον τὸ ἓν εἰς σκεῦος ὀστράκινον ἐφ᾽ ὕδατι ζῶντι,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְשָׁחַ֖ט אֶת הַצִּפֹּ֣ר הָאֶחָ֑ת אֶל כְּלִי חֶ֖רֶשׂ עַל מַ֥יִם חַיִּֽים
The Fathers on this verse
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.