Leviticus 14:13

13 And he is to put the male lamb to death in the place where they put to death the sin-offering and the burned offering, in the holy place; for as the sin-offering is the property of the priest, so is the offering for wrongdoing: 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.

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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 And the priest who is making him clean will put the man who is being made clean, together with these things, before the door of the Tent of meeting.

12 And the priest is to take one of the male lambs and give it as an offering for wrongdoing, and the log of oil, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord;

13 And he is to put the male lamb to death in the place where they put to death the sin-offering and the burned offering, in the holy place; for as the sin-offering is the property of the priest, so is the offering for wrongdoing: it is most holy.

14 And let the priest take some of the blood of the offering for wrongdoing and put it on the point of the right ear of him who is to be made clean, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot;

15 And take some of the oil and put it in the hollow of his left hand;