Leviticus 14:10

_AND ON THE EIGHTH DAY HE SHALL TAKE TWO HE LAMBS WITHOUT BLEMISH, AND ONE EWE LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR WITHOUT BLEMISH, AND THREE TENTH DEALS OF FINE FLOUR FOR A MEAT OFFERING, MINGLED WITH OIL, AND ONE LOG OF OIL._ Two he-lambs ... and one ewe lamb. The second stage in the lustral course now commenced, with a view to the leper's restoration to full fellowship with the Lord: a costlier sacrifice of expiation was required. The purification of the leper was not completed until at the end of seven days after the ceremonial of the birds, and during which, though permitted to come into the camp, he had to tarry abroad-not in his tent, lest some latent remnants of disease about him might infect his family. Coming daily to appear at the door of the tabernacle with the offerings required, he was presented before the Lord - i:e., before the altar of burnt offering, by the priest that made him cle...

10._And on the eighth. _As infants on the eighth day after they were cleansed from the uncleanness which they had brought from the womb, were grafted into the Church, and made members of it; so now the eighth day is prescribed for the restoration of those who, in the cure that they have received, are as it were born again; for they are accounted dead whom the leprosy had banished from the holy congregation. A sacrifice is therefore appointed which may renew the circumcision that had been in some measure effaced. Now, the meaning of all the things here mentioned is not clear to myself, and I would not have my readers too curious respecting them. Some may be probably accounted for; the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the great toe of the right foot, were sprinkled with the blood of the offering, because the leper was restored to the ordinary habits and customs of life, so as to...

10-32 The cleansed leper was to be presented to the Lord, with his offerings. When God has restored us to enjoy public worship again, after sickness, distance, or otherwise, we should testify our thanksgiving by our diligent use of the liberty. And both we and our offerings must be presented before the Lord, by the Priest that made us clean, even our Lord Jesus. Beside the usual rites of the trespass-offering, some of the blood, and some of the oil, was to be put upon him that was to be cleansed. Wherever the blood of Christ is applied for justification, the oil of the Spirit is applied for sanctification; these two cannot be separated. We have here the gracious provision the law made for poor lepers. The poor are as welcome to God's altar as the rich. But though a meaner sacrifice was accepted from the poor, yet the same ceremony was used for the rich; their souls are as precious, and...

Verse Leviticus 14:10. _TWO HE-LAMBS_] One for a _trespass-offering_, Leviticus 14:12, the other for a _burnt-offering_, Leviticus 14:19-3. _ONE EWE-LAMB_] This was for a _sin-offering_, Leviticus 14:19. _THREE TENTH DEALS_] Three parts of an _ephah_, or three _omers_; _See all these measures explained, Clarke "_Exodus 16:16_"_. The three tenth deals of flour were for a _minchah, meat_ or _gratitude-offering_,...

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 and his offerings to Yahweh at the entrance of the tent of meeting. See Leviticus 1:3....

EXPOSITION THE FORM OF PURIFICATION OF THE LEPER (Leviticus 14:1). This is the most minute of all the forms of purification, those for purification from contact with a dead body (Numbers 19:1) and for the cleansing of a defiled Nazarite (Numbers 6:1) being alone to be compared with it in this respect. Some purifications were accomplished, as we have seen, in a very summary manner: one who touched the carcass of a beast that had died a natural death had only to wash his clothes (Leviticus 11:40). The

AND ON THE EIGHTH DAY,.... From the leper's first appearance before the priest, and the day after the above things were done, in Leviticus 14:9: HE SHALL TAKE TWO HE LAMBS WITHOUT BLEMISH; the one for a trespass offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and both typical of Christ the Lamb of God, without spot and blemish: AND ONE EWE LAMB OF THE FIRST YEAR WITHOUT BLEMISH; for a sin offering, a type of Christ also: AND THREE TENTH DEALS OF FINE FLOUR, [FOR] A MEAT OFFERING, MINGLED WITH OIL; that is, three tenth parts of an ephah, or three omers; one of which was as much, or more than a man could eat in a day, see Exodus 16:36; there were three of these to answer to and accompany the three lambs for sacrifice, just su

4. THE CLEANSING OF THE LEPER CHAPTER 14 _ 1. The cleansing of the leper (Leviticus 14:1)_ 2. Leprosy in the house and its purification (Leviticus 14:33) The cleansing and restoration of the leper is full of significance, foreshadowing once more the blessed work of our Saviour. Two parts in this ceremonial are to be noticed first of all. The first thing done was to restore the leper among the people from whom he had been put away. The second part of the ceremony restored him fully to communion with God. The first part was accomplished on the first day; the second part on the eighth day. A careful distinction must be made between the healing and the cleansing. All the ceremonies could not heal the leper. Jehovah alone could heal that loathsome disease. But after the

NORMAL LAW OF CLEANSING after the disease has disappeared. The patient brings to the priest two birds, and he is sprinkled with the blood of one of them, killed in an earthenware (and therefore cheap) bowl, for mixing the blood, over running (and therefore pure) water, along with cedar wood (perhaps because of its supposed healing properties), scarlet wool, and hyssop (_cf._ Numbers 19:6 *). The other bird carries away the pollution. He then removes his hair and washes himself and his clothes (_cf._ Deuteronomy 21:12; Numbers 6:18 *). In the second part of the rite, next day, the semi-magical elements (except perhaps in Le

EIGHTH DAY. Now, all the offerings are introduced, but the trespass offering comes first (Leviticus 14:12). DEALS. See App-51. MEAT OFFERING. Hebrew. _minhah._ App-43....