Leviticus 14:5

14:5 The priest will then command that one bird be slaughtered ¹  into a clay vessel over fresh water. ² 

Leviticus 14:50

14:50 and he is to slaughter one bird into a clay vessel over fresh water. ³ 

¹ tn Heb “And the priest shall command and he shall slaughter.” See the note on “be taken up” (v. 4).

² tn Heb “into a vessel of clay over living water.” The expression “living [i.e., ‘fresh’] water” (cf. Lev 14:50; 15:13; Num 19:17) refers to water that flows. It includes such water sources as artesian wells (Gen 26:19; Song of Songs 4:15), springs (Jer 2:13, as opposed to cisterns; cf. 17:13), and flowing streams (Zech 14:8). In other words, this is water that has not stood stagnant as, for example, in a sealed-off cistern.

³ tn See the note on v. 5 above.