One log of oil— A log was the smallest measure among the Hebrews, and contained, according to Dr. Cumberland, somewhat more than half a pint of our measure. The first offering to be made by the leper on his return to the place of God's worship was a trespass-offering, Leviticus 14:12 a proper act of humiliation for sin; which is the source of all those pains, and diseases to which both the bodies and souls of men are obnoxious, and of which the leprosy was thought to be strongly emblematical: after this, other offerings were made, testifying the leper's homage and gratitude to his Deliverer.

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