The leper was excluded not only from the sanctuary but from the camp. The ceremony of restoration which he had to undergo was therefore twofold. The first part, performed outside the camp, entitled him to come within and to mix with his brethren, Leviticus 14:3. The second part, performed in the cou... [ Continue Reading ]
These birds were provided by the priest for the man. They were not, like the offerings for the altar, brought by the man himself (compare Leviticus 14:4 with Leviticus 14:10), they were not presented nor brought near the sanctuary, nor was any portion of them offered on the altar. CEDAR WOOD, AND SC... [ Continue Reading ]
RUNNING WATER - literally, living water, i. e. water fresh from the spring Genesis 26:19; Numbers 19:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEVEN TIMES - The seal of the covenant, expressed in the number seven (compare Leviticus 14:9), was renewed in sprinkling him who, during his leprosy, had lived as an outcast. The details of a restoration to health and freedom appear to be well expressed in the whole ceremony. Each of the birds repr... [ Continue Reading ]
The best of all types of the healing of the Spirit, was the healing of the leper. In his formal cleansing, consecration, and atonement by sacrifice (see the notes at Leviticus 14:9), the ministers of the sanctuary bore public witness that he was restored to the blessing of communion with his brethre... [ Continue Reading ]
Two young rams from one to three years old (not lambs), a ewe lamb in her first year (see Leviticus 12:6), three-tenth parts of an ephah (something over ten pints and a half) of fine flour mingled with oil, and a log (about half a pint; see Leviticus 19:35) of oil. The priest presented both the man... [ Continue Reading ]
This trespass-offering, with its blood and the oil, must be regarded as the main feature in the ceremony: no alteration being permitted even in the case of the poor Leviticus 14:21. There appears to be no other case in which an entire victim was waved (see Leviticus 7:30) before Yahweh. The Levites... [ Continue Reading ]
IT IS MOST HOLY - See Leviticus 6:25 note.... [ Continue Reading ]
In the same way, and with the same significance as in Leviticus 8:23. It is said that a portion of the blood was caught by the priest in the palm of his hand as it ran from the victim.... [ Continue Reading ]
The sevenfold sprinkling of the oil before the sanctuary, in addition to the waving of it, seems to have been intended to consecrate it to represent the spiritual gift consequent upon the covenant, the sealing of which had been figured by the sacramental blood of the offering.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIM THAT IS TO BE CLEANSED - Of him that has been cleansed. The significance of the act is similar to that in Leviticus 8:11, Leviticus 8:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
The cleansed leper was now in a position to avail himself of the accustomed law of sacrifice as one completely restored. The ewe lamb was now offered in his behalf as a sin-offering, one of the young rams as a burnt-offering, and the fine flour mingled with oil as a meat-offering.... [ Continue Reading ]
This section is separated from that on leprosy in clothing Leviticus 13:47 with which it would seem to be naturally connected, and is placed last of all the laws concerning leprosy, probably on account of its being wholly prospective. While the Israelites were in the wilderness, the materials of the... [ Continue Reading ]