LEVITICUS 14. consists of two distinct sections, the cleansing of the leper (Leviticus 14:1) and the leprosy of a house (Leviticus 14:33). Probably Leviticus 13 was the original document on leprosy, or Leviticus 14:1 would have preceded Leviticus 13:47 ff., while Leviticus 13:47 ff. and Leviticus 14... [ Continue Reading ]
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... [ Continue Reading ]
11- 15. RITUAL CLEANLINESS AND UNCLEANLINESS. Leviticus 11, Animals; Leviticus 12, Childbirth; Leviticus 13, Skin diseases (including tainted garments); Leviticus 14:1, Purgation for skin diseases; Leviticus 14:33, Leprosy in houses, and general conclusion to the Law; Leviticus 15, Issues. Probably... [ Continue Reading ]
MODIFICATION OF THE OFFERING FOR POVERTY. Less flour is required, and doves instead of animals are allowed for sin and burnt offerings (_cf. Leviticus 5:7_). The first part of the rite and the guilt offering are unmodified.... [ Continue Reading ]
CEREMONIES FOR A LEPROUS HOUSE. Doubtless the result of the working of analogy; a secondary section, like Leviticus 13:47 ff. When Yahweh puts the plague of leprosy upon a house (_cf._ Amos 3:6), the house is to be emptied, for ritual purposes, and if suspicion is aroused by the priest's inspection,... [ Continue Reading ]