^{5 Ref} And the priest will give orders for one of the birds to be put to death in a vessel made of earth, over flowing water.

^{6 Ref} And he will take the living bird and the wood and the red thread and the hyssop and put them in the blood of the bird which was put to death over flowing water.

^{7 Ref} And shaking it seven times over the man who is to be made clean, he will say that he is clean and will let the living bird go free into the open country.