Lévitique 14:16

16 Ensuite le sacrificateur trempera le doigt de sa main droite dans l'huile qui sera dans sa main gauche, et fera aspersion de l'huile avec son doigt sept fois devant l'Éternel.

Lévitique 14:16 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 14:16

And the priest shall dip his right finger
The finger of his right hand, the forefinger of it: in the oil that [is] in his left hand;
either that is in his own left hand, or in the left hand of a fellow priest:

and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the
Lord;
that is, over against the house of the holy of holies, as Jarchi, where Jehovah dwelt; but standing at the same time at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, which was eastward, and so he looked westward to the holy of holies; so says the Misnah ^F23, on which one of the commentators ^F24 observes, that he did not bring the oil into the temple to sprinkle it before the vail: but he stood in the court, and turned his face to the holy of holies, and so sprinkled upon the floor of the court: and the Jewish doctors are very express for it, according to the Misnah ^F25, that for every sprinkling there was a dipping; that as often as he sprinkled, so often he must dip his finger in the oil, and not that he might dip his finger once, and of that sprinkle two or three times; for the finger must be dipped seven times: this may denote the thanksgiving of the leper for his cleansing, proceeding from the grace of God, and the Lord's gracious acceptance of it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 lbid.
F24 Bartenora in ib.
F25 Ibid.

Lévitique 14:16 In-Context

14 Et le sacrificateur prendra du sang du sacrifice pour le délit; il en mettra sur le bout de l'oreille droite de celui qui se purifie, sur le pouce de sa main droite, et sur le gros orteil de son pied droit.

15 Le sacrificateur prendra du log d'huile et en versera dans sa main gauche;

16 Ensuite le sacrificateur trempera le doigt de sa main droite dans l'huile qui sera dans sa main gauche, et fera aspersion de l'huile avec son doigt sept fois devant l'Éternel.

17 Et du reste de l'huile qui sera dans sa main, le sacrificateur en mettra sur le bout de l'oreille droite de celui qui se purifie, sur le pouce de sa main droite, et sur le gros orteil de son pied droit, par-dessus le sang du sacrifice pour le délit.

18 Ce qui restera de l'huile qui sera dans sa main, le sacrificateur le mettra sur la tête de celui qui se purifie; et le sacrificateur fera pour lui l'expiation devant l'Éternel.