Leviticus 14:6-16

6 "As for the live bird, he shall take it together with 1the cedar wood and the scarlet string and the 2hyssop, and shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was slain over the running water.
7 "3He shall then sprinkle seven times the one who is to be cleansed from the leprosy and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the live bird go free over the open field.
8 "4The one to be cleansed shall then wash his clothes and shave off all his hair and bathe in water and 5be clean. Now afterward, he may enter the camp, but he 6shall stay outside * his tent for seven days.
9 "It will be on the seventh day that he shall shave off all his hair: he shall shave his head and his beard and his eyebrows *, even all his hair. He shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in water and 7be clean.
10 "Now on the eighth day he is to take two male lambs without defect, and a yearling ewe lamb without defect, and three-tenths * of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and one 8log of oil;
11 and the priest who pronounces him clean shall present the man to be cleansed and the aforesaid before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting.
12 "Then the priest shall take the one male lamb and bring it for a 9guilt offering, with the 10log of oil, and present them as a 11wave offering before the LORD.
13 "Next he shall slaughter the male lamb in 12the place where they slaughter the sin offering and the burnt offering, at the place of the sanctuary -for the guilt offering, 13like the sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy.
14 "The priest shall then take some of the blood of the 14guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on 15the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.
15 "The priest shall also take some of the 16log of oil, and pour it into his left palm;
16 the priest shall then dip his right-hand finger into the oil that is in his left palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of the oil seven times before the LORD.

Leviticus 14:6-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 14

This chapter treats of the purification of lepers, and the rules to be observed therein; and first what the priest was to do for his cleansing when brought to him, by making use of two birds, with cedar wood, scarlet and hyssop, as directed, Le 14:1-7; what he was to do for himself, shaving off all his hair, and washing his flesh and clothes in water, Le 14:8,9; the offerings to be offered up for him, two he lambs and one ewe lamb, and a meat offering, with a particular account of the use of the blood of the trespass offering, and of oil put upon the tip of his right ear, the thumb of his right hand, and the great toe of his right foot, Le 14:10-20; but if poor, only one lamb was required, a meat offering of one tenth deal, and two turtle doves or two young pigeons, and blood and oil used as before, Le 14:21-32; next follow an account of leprosy in an house, and the signs of it, and the rules to judge of it, Le 14:33-48; and the manner of cleansing from it, Le 14:49-53; and the chapter is closed with a recapitulation of the several laws concerning the various sorts of leprosy in this and the preceding chapter, Le 14:54-57.

Cross References 16

  • 1. Leviticus 14:4
  • 2. Psalms 51:7
  • 3. Ezekiel 36:25
  • 4. Leviticus 11:25; Leviticus 13:6; Numbers 8:7
  • 5. Leviticus 14:9, 20
  • 6. Numbers 5:2, 3; Numbers 12:14, 15; 2 Chronicles 26:21
  • 7. Leviticus 14:8, 20
  • 8. Lev 14:12, 15, 21, 24
  • 9. Leviticus 5:6, 18; Leviticus 6:6; Leviticus 14:19
  • 10. Leviticus 14:10
  • 11. Ex 29:22-24, 26
  • 12. Exodus 29:11; Leviticus 1:11; Leviticus 4:24
  • 13. Leviticus 6:24-30; Leviticus 7:7
  • 14. Leviticus 14:19
  • 15. Exodus 29:20; Leviticus 8:23, 24
  • 16. Leviticus 14:10

Footnotes 8

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