Leviticus 14:13

13 He shall slaughter the lamb in the place where the sin offering and the burnt offering are slaughtered in the holy place; for the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest: it is most holy.

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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

Leviticus 14:13 In-Context

11 The priest who cleanses shall set the person to be cleansed, along with these things, before the Lord, at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
12 The priest shall take one of the lambs, and offer it as a guilt offering, along with the log of oil, and raise them as an elevation offering before the Lord.
13 He shall slaughter the lamb in the place where the sin offering and the burnt offering are slaughtered in the holy place; for the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest: it is most holy.
14 The priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot.
15 The priest shall take some of the log of oil and pour it into the palm of his own left hand,
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