Leviticus 14:13

13 He will then slaughter the male lamb in the sacred area where sin offerings and burnt offerings are slaughtered. As with the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest. It is a most holy offering.

Leviticus 14:13 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 14:13

And he shall slay the lamb
The priest, or the butcher, as the Targum of Jonathan, the slaughterer, the priest appointed for that service; at which time both the hands of the leper were laid upon it, as says the Misnah ^F16; for though the leper might not go into the court as yet, the sacrifice was brought to the door of the tabernacle for him to put his hands on it: so Maimonides ^F17 relates; the trespass offering of the leper is brought to the door, and he puts both his hands into the court, and lays them on it, and they immediately slay it:

in the place where he shall kill the sin offering in the holy place;
in the court of the tabernacle, on the north side of the altar, as Jarchi observes, see ( Leviticus 1:11 ) ( 6:25 ) ;

for as the sin offering [is] the priest's, [so is] the trespass
offering;
and to be eaten by him and his sons in the holy place, and by none but them, see ( Leviticus 6:26 Leviticus 6:29 ) ;

it [is] most holy;
which is the reason why none else might eat of it, typical of Christ the most Holy, whose flesh is only eaten by true believers in him, made priests unto God by him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Negaim, c. 14. sect. 8.
F17 Ut supra. (Hilchot Mechosre Capharah, c. 4. sect. 2.)

Leviticus 14:13 In-Context

11 Then the officiating priest will present that person for purification, along with the offerings, before the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle.

12 The priest will take one of the male lambs and the olive oil and present them as a guilt offering, lifting them up as a special offering before the LORD .

13 He will then slaughter the male lamb in the sacred area where sin offerings and burnt offerings are slaughtered. As with the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest. It is a most holy offering.

14 The priest will then take some of the blood of the guilt offering and apply it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.

15 “Then the priest will pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand.