_The purification of the leper_(ch. Leviticus 14:1-32) The ceremonies to be observed are of two kinds: (1) before the leper is brought into the camp, (_a_) by the priest (Leviticus 14:2), (_b_) by the leper (Leviticus 14:8), (2) after the leper is readmitted to the camp, but remaining outside h... [ Continue Reading ]
_The purification of the leper_(ch. Leviticus 14:1-32) The ceremonies to be observed are of two kinds: (1) before the leper is brought into the camp, (_a_) by the priest (Leviticus 14:2), (_b_) by the leper (Leviticus 14:8), (2) after the leper is readmitted to the camp, but remaining outside h... [ Continue Reading ]
The priest goes outside to meet the leper; probably signs of convalescence have already been notified to the priest, which have satisfied him, and he now declares the plague to be healed.... [ Continue Reading ]
The priest was to see that two living clean birds were brought. The Heb. word is _ẓippôr_, which is used of the birds of Abraham's sacrifice (Genesis 15:10) and of clean birds generally (Deuteronomy 14:11). In Psalms 84:3 [Hebrews 4], Psalms 102:7 [Hebrews 8] it is translated -sparrow," and A.V. mg.... [ Continue Reading ]
_in an earthen vessel over running water_ The word -running" is somewhat misleading. The Heb. expression is -living water," i.e. water from a spring. It was to be put into the vessel over which the bird was killed: the water served as a medium for conveying the blood of the slain bird (Leviticus 14:... [ Continue Reading ]
_seven times_ As in Leviticus 14:27_; Leviticus 14:51_and so in Leviticus 4:6; Leviticus 4:17; Leviticus 8:11; Leviticus 16:14; Leviticus 16:19; Numbers 19:4. Cp. 2 Kings 5:10 and Art. Numbe [ Continue Reading ]
The person to be cleansed now began to take part in the ceremonial. He must wash his clothes, shave and wash himself; he was then admitted into the camp, but not allowed to enter his own dwelling.... [ Continue Reading ]
On the seventh day, after repeating the cleansing processes of the first, he was fit to take part in the service of the sanctuary.... [ Continue Reading ]
On the following (the eighth) day he brings his sacrifice to the usual place, the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. In the Temple the leper, after bathing in a chamber at the N.W. corner of the Court of the Women, was brought to the gate of Nicanor, between the Court of the Women and the Court of Isr... [ Continue Reading ]
_and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord_ The offerer usually took part in the waving; according to some, this act took place where the leper stood, and that he assisted in the ceremony; another view was that it took place before the altar, and the leper did not assist. See Appendix IV (Wa... [ Continue Reading ]
_in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering_ For the Burnt-Offering see ch. Leviticus 1:11; for the Sin-Offering, Leviticus 6:25; and for the Guilt-Offering, Leviticus 7:2. _in the place of the sanctuary_ i.e. in the court, not in the tabernacle.... [ Continue Reading ]
In N.T. times the leper put his head, hand, and foot through the gate of Nicanor and the priest applied the blood and the oil. Two priests officiated; one caught the blood in a bowl and threw it on the sides of the altar; the other received some of the blood in his hand and applied it to the leper ... [ Continue Reading ]
_and the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand_ Heb. _and pour it into the left hand of the priest_. The traditional interpretation is that the one priest poured the oil into the palm of the other priest (see note on Leviticus 14:14), but the Mishna adds... [ Continue Reading ]
The poor man's offerings. The Sin-Offering and Burnt-Offering are modified; birds may be brought as in Leviticus 1:14; Leviticus 5:7, and the amount of the Meal-Offering is reduced, but the Guilt-Offering remains the same; a further indication that this sacrifice is the most important feature of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Leprosy in houses_(33 53) Nothing definite is known about these appearances on the walls of a house, which are here described as leprosy. It was regarded as a special visitation of God (Leviticus 14:34, -I put the plague"); the Jews believed that the plague was peculiar to Palestine and the chosen... [ Continue Reading ]
A summary of the cases dealt with in chs. 13, 14. Special sections have also their closing verses, see Leviticus 13:59; Leviticus 14:32.... [ Continue Reading ]