Then he is to release the live bird in the open fields outside the town. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean. The live bird is released into the open fields outside the town — the same release as in the person's restoration ceremony. The bird that carried the house's defilement away flies free, taking the mold's defilement to the open countryside. The priest makes atonement for the house, and the house is declared clean. The atonement for the house — the structure, not a person — is one of the most distinctive acts of the Levitical system.

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