Leviticus 14:1-32

REGULATIONS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF A LEPER 14:1-32
TEXT 14:1-32

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And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought unto the priest:

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and the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper,

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then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

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and the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.

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As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar-wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:

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and he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let go the living bird into the open field.

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And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days.

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And it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

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And on the eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.

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And the priest that cleanseth him shall set the man that is to be cleansed, and those things, before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting.

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And the priest shall take one of the he-lambs, and offer him for a trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah:

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and he shall kill the he-lamb in the place where they kill the sin-offering and the burnt-offering, in the place of the sanctuary: for as the sin-offering is the priest'S, so is the trespass-offering: it is most holy.

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And the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.

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And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand;

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and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before Jehovah.

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And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass-offering:

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and the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah.

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And the priest shall offer the sin-offering, and make atonement for him that is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness: and afterward he shall kill the burnt-offering;

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and the priest shall offer the burnt-offering and the meal-offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

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And if he be poor, and cannot get so much, then he shall take one he-lamb for a trespass-offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering, and a log of oil;

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and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering.

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And on the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tent of meeting, before Jehovah:

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and the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah.

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And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass-offering; and the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.

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And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand;

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and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Jehovah:

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and the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass-offering:

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and the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before Jehovah.

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And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as he is able to get,

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even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, with the meal-offering: and the priest shall make atonement for him that is to be cleansed before Jehovah.

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This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.

THOUGHT QUESTIONS 14:1-32

277.

Why not include Aaron as God gave these instructions?

278.

Doesn-'t the previous chapter provide for the cleanness of the leper? Why all the regulations of this chapter?

279.

At what place does the leper meet the priest?

280.

Please get a clear picture of just what was to be used by the priest in the purification ceremony. Define each item.

281.

Read Hebrews 9:19-22 for some present-day meaning to this text.

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Is the water running at the time of the ceremony? What is meant by the use of the term running water?

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Name three possible clean birds for this service.

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How was the bird killed? Where?

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Picture just how all four items could be dipped in the blood and water. What size bowl?

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What was used to sprinkle the blood on the leper? Where upon the leper was the blood sprinkled? How many times?

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What is symbolized by the freeing of the living bird? (Cf. Hebrews 9:13-15)

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A bath and a shave are in orderbut not an ordinary bath or shavedescribe the purpose.

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Why stay outside his tent seven days?

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Is there something different in the bath and shave seven days later?

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List the items for the sacrifice. How much is a log of oil?

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In the trespass and sin offering is the leper saying (or God saying to the leper) he is sinful therefore he is a leper? Discuss.

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It would almost seem the leper is being ordained to the priesthood. Why? Discuss the possible significance.

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What does leprosy have to do with the hand, the head and the foot?

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At what particular juncture does God declare atonement has been made?

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What is represented by the blood and oil?

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What is the substitution for a poor man?

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What is meant by waving the offering before God?

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Is the ceremony for the poor man just as elaborate as for the rich man? What does this say?

PARAPHRASE 14:1-32

And the Lord gave Moses these regulations concerning a person whose leprosy disappears: The priest shall go out of the camp to examine him. If the priest sees that the leprosy is gone, he shall require two living birds of a kind permitted for food, and shall take some cedar wood, a scarlet string, and some hyssop branches, to be used for the purification ceremony of the one who is healed. The priest shall then order one of the birds killed in an earthenware pot held above running water. The other bird, still living, shall be dipped in the blood, along with the cedar wood, the scarlet thread, and the hyssop branch. Then the priest shall sprinkle the blood seven times upon the man cured of his leprosy, and the priest shall pronounce him cured, and shall let the living bird fly into the open field. Then the man who is cured shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe himself, and return to live inside the camp; however, he must stay outside his tent for seven days. The seventh day he shall again shave all the hair from his head, beard, and eyebrows, and wash his clothes and bathe, and shall then be declared fully cured of his leprosy. The next day, the eighth day, he shall take two male lambs without physical defect, one yearling ewe-lamb without physical defect, ten quarts of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil, and a pint of olive oil; then the priest who examines him shall place the man and his offerings before the Lord at the entrance of the Tabernacle. The priest shall take one of the lambs and the pint of olive oil and offer them to the Lord as a guilt offering by the gesture of waving them before the altar. Then he shall kill the lamb at the place where sin offerings and burnt offerings are killed, there at the Tabernacle; this guilt offering shall then be given to the priest for food, as in the case of a sin offering. It is a most holy offering. The priest shall take the blood from this guilt offering and smear some of it upon the tip of the right ear of the man being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the big toe of his right foot. Then the priest shall take the olive oil and pour it into the palm of his left hand, and dip his right finger into it, and sprinkle it with his finger seven times before the Lord. Some of the oil remaining in his left hand shall then be placed by the priest upon the tip of the man's right ear and the thumb of his right hand and the big toe of his right footjust as he did with the blood of the guilt offering. The remainder of the oil in his hand shall be used to anoint the man's head. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord. Then the priest must offer the sin offering and again perform the rite of atonement for the person being cleansed from his leprosy; and afterwards the priest shall kill the burnt offering, and offer it along with the grain offering upon the altar, making atonement for the man, who shall then be pronounced finally cleansed. If he is so poor that he cannot afford two lambs, then he shall bring only one, a male lamb for the guilt offering, to be presented to the Lord in the rite of atonement by waving it before the altar; and only three quarts of fine white flour, mixed with olive oil, for a grain offering, and a pint of olive oil. He shall also bring two turtledoves or two young pigeonswhichever he is able to affordand use one of the pair for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. He shall bring them to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle on the eighth day, for his ceremony of cleansing before the Lord. The priest shall take the lamb for the guilt offering, and the pint of oil, and wave them before the altar as a gesture of offering to the Lord. Then he shall kill the lamb for the guilt offering and smear some of its blood upon the tip of the man's right earthe man on whose behalf the ceremony is being performedand upon the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. The priest shall then pour the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand, and with his right finger he is to sprinkle some of it seven times before the Lord, Then he must put some of the olive oil from his hand upon the tip of the man's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the big toe of his right foot, just as he did with the blood of the guilt offering. The remaining oil in his hand shall be placed upon the head of the man being cleansed, to make atonement for him before the Lord. Then he must offer the two turtledoves or two young pigeons (whichever pair he is able to afford). One of the pair is for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, to be sacrificed along with the grain offering; and the priest shall make atonement for the man before the Lord. These, then, are the laws concerning those who are cleansed of leprosy but are not able to bring the sacrifices normally required for the ceremony of cleansing.

COMMENT 14:1-32
THE FIRST STAGE OF REINSTATEMENT 14:1-9

Leviticus 14:1-9 We are to understand this chapter as a sequel to the one just previous. In chapter 13, descriptions are given of those who were declared clean, such persons are not to be restored to their home, family and sanctuary. Such a person asks for an audience with the priest. Since he had been to the priest to obtain his declaration of cleanness, the priest would know of his purpose. How compassionate were the priests in the days of Moses? Were they too busy to hear the plea of one who called from without the gate? It would seem from a careful consideration of all the sacrifices brought for his reinstatement that his leprosy was indeed some form of punishment, i.e. why offer a guilt or trespass offering if there was no guilt? This being true, a comparison of leprosy to sin and its consequences does not seem forced (as do so many other comparisons we have read). This being true, let's produce what we hope will be helpful outlines from the seven types of leprosy. (Please read the whole thirteenth chapter again.)

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The bright spot leper (or sinner)

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Life becomes prematurely old, i.e. white hair in youth.

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Depression sets in.

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If he is shut up to God in deep repentance he could be washed and made clean.

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The second time leper

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His sin is much more painfulraw flesh.

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If he is willing to give himself up as unable at all to help himselfsin will completely overcome me is his honest confession. In this is the power and principle of healing. He that loses his life for my sake shall find it.

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Even raw flesh can turn again and be clean. And what a joy and testimony it can be!

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The old wound, or scar leper, i.e. I forgive but I will not forget. Such an attitude will bring us into bondage.

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Deeper than mere surface words and actions.

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Consider it for seven days, i.e. a short time and repent lest we must remember it forever outside the Gate.

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An old wound can be healed.

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The quick burn leper

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Firstfresh sin can turn to leprosy.

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If we let it get beneath the skin, it can soon become tragic and old.

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God can recreate us in seven days of repentance and prayer, plus obedience.

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Leprosy of the head

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Acquiring gold is a loss, not a gain.

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The loss of hair and beard could be a great gain (intellectual arrogance and sensual vanity).

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Such leprosy (form of sin) is very deceptive. It can return if we do not stay shorn.

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Bald leprosy

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All can see itdo we care? Will we go to the priest?

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He is unclean regardless of what he says.

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Bald sin is no worse than hidden sin. It can be forgivenhe can be clean.

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Garment leprosy

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People judge us by our attitudes. They cover us like a garment. What if they are leprous?

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Diseased attitudes affect all walks of lifelinen, wool, leather.

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It's either wash it or burn it!

The three constant attitudes to be taken by all us lepers?

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Blessed are they who mourn (keep on mourninga continuing action verb). (Rend your clothes and forget your hair.)

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Hide your pridecover your beard (under the robe of His righteousness).

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Keep on admitting you have beenare now and always will be unworthy to be called clean (we are saved by grace, or unearned favor!).

There are two stages or steps in the reinstatement of the leper: (1) The use of the birds, cedar, scarlet wool and hyssop by the priestwash and shave. Shave off all hair and bath by the leper. Leviticus 14:1-9; (2) the eighth day sacrifices: two he-lambs, one ewe-lamb, meal offerings, log of oil, blood of trespass offering on ear, thumb, toe; oil on same three members as well as sprinkled seven times before the Lord; the rest of the oil in the left hand of the priest on the head of the leperatonement is thus made. Sin offering and burnt offering and the meal offering made for the leper Leviticus 14:10-20.

We need to get a very clear look at the four items and their use as given in Leviticus 14:1-9: (1) the two clean birds. The word birds in the Hebrew text is said to mean sparrows. How infinitely kind of God to choose sparrows as a part of man's restoration to His fellowship. Anyone can afford two sparrows. We remember our Saviour's reference to these birds (Cf. Matthew 10:29). We do want to understand every word as given by God to Moses in Leviticus, but we want also to find some application of the text to our own lives.

It is helpful to see both the leper and the priest must make an effort in the acceptance of the leper. The leper must be taken from his place of seclusion (Cf. Leviticus 13:46) and be brought to some place near the outer court of the tabernacle. The priest must leave the tabernacle and go without the camp to find the leper. We could see some similarity in this action to that of the prodigal son in Luke 15:11 ff. We are touched by others who tell us of our great High Priest and Saviour. We respond and move toward Him, but He has already seen us afar off and is running to meet us. We are not at all sure the priests of the Old Testament all responded in this way, but we are sure that Jesus left the comfort and security of the camp of heaven to meet us outside the camp on a wooden cross. (Cf. Hebrews 13:12-13)

The humble, temporary, trusting nature of the sparrow is very like our Lord. We believe a viable comparison can be made in the action taken with the two birds and the transaction God made on Calvary and at the open tomb. It might be helpful to say that the provision God made in the death of His son potentially provides for the healing of all moral lepers of all time in all the world. All that is now needed is the acceptance of our healing. Hence the fourteenth chapter can be very analogous to us. Notice closely the death of one of the birds: (1) To be put to death in a new earthenware vessel. In the clay bowl was a quantity of living water, i.e. water taken from a spring or river while the water was in motion. The blood of the bird must be shed in such a manner that it will fall into the water in the bowl. Thus blood and water are found in the earthen vessel at the death of the sparrow. The comparisons are almost too beautiful and obvious to be delineated. He came in the likeness of sinful flesh. He lived or tabernacled among us in a clay vessel just like ours. In that body prepared was living water: salvation and the Spirit without measure John 3:34; John 7:38-39. When He was slain for our return to fellowship blood and water were discovered in the earthen vessel (John 19:34-35). It was even after He died that blood and water mingled together. Oh, how poignant is the flight of the living bird let loose in the open field to soar free in the open expanse of God's sky! How like our Lord who was taken up and a cloud received Him out of their sight. Acts 1:10-11.

The leper must be represented in the three other items: (1) The cedar wood. It is most interesting to notice the difference in the meaning of this term as related to the circumstances in which it was written and the application of it in the time of Christ. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown give the first meaning and Ginsburg supplies the second. The cedar here meant was certainly not the famous tree of Lebanon, and it is generally supposed to have been the juniper, as several varieties of that shrub are found growing abundantly in the clefts and crevices of the Sinaitic mountains. A stick of this shrub was bound to a bunch of hyssop by a scarlet ribbon, and the living bird was to be so attached to it, that when they dipped the branches in the water, the tail of the bird might also be moistened, but hot the head or the wings, that it might not be impeded in its flight when let loose. Now from the traditions of the Second Temple, This had to be a foot and a half long, and a quarter of a foot of the bed in thickness. Though this wood was primarily chosen for its antiseptic properties, which made it peculiarly suitable for the occasion, still, belonging to the loftiest of trees (Psa. 2:13, Psa. 27:24; Amos 2:9), it also was designated to symbolize the haughtiness of mind which called down the affliction of leprosy.

We readily see the primary meaning of this whole ceremony as it refers to the restoration of the healed leper, but we at the same time see some remarkable comparisons for us: the leper was a dead man restored (resurrected?) and set free as symbolized in the two birds. Perhaps his pride or haughtiness are represented in the cedar, his consequent or subsequent humility by the hyssop (a very ordinary sweet-smelling, low growing bush). (Cf. I Kings Leviticus 4:33). The scarlet cord or ribbon of wool that bound the hyssop and bird to the cedar wood represented the blood to the leper by which he was healed and restored. Once again it is easy to take the place of the leper. It was our haughtiness, our selfish independence along with our repentance and deep humility held together with a scarlet cord, that led us to be buried with Him in baptism for the remission of our sins and our restoration of fellowship. Could we find a comparison in the anointing all Christians receive in the person of the Holy Spirit (Cf. 1 John 2:21; 1 John 2:27) and the sprinkling of the healed leper?

If the reader of these lines can only see an arbitrary parallel by the writer he is under no obligation to find more than this. We can rejoice in the wonders of our salvation whether we can find it in Leviticus or not.

Leviticus 14:10-20 Here is the eighth day ceremony. It is very important because in it we have for the leper the completion of his full fellowship into the camp of Israel. The actual preparation for this service began on the seventh day when he shall shave all his hair off his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and his (body); and shall wash his clothes, also bathe his body in water, and be clean (Leviticus 14:9). Reading from Leviticus 14:10 through Leviticus 14:20 in The Amplified Old Testament we find: The eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb a year old without blemish, and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a cereal offering, mixed with oil, and one log of oil. And the priest who cleanses him shall set the man who is to be cleansed and these things before the Lord, at the door of the tent of meeting; the priest shall take one of the male lambs and offer it for a guilt or trespass offering and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord; he shall kill the lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the sacred place (the court of the tabernacle); for as the sin offering is the priest'S, so is the guilt or trespass offering; it is most holy; and the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt or trespass offering, and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand, and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord, and of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put some on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt or trespass offering (which he has previously placed in each of these places). And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him (place upon the head) who is to be cleansed, and make atonement for him before the Lord. And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness, and afterward kill the burnt offering (victim). And the priest shall offer the burnt-offering and the cereal offering on the altar; and he shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

We truly appreciate the words of Andrew Bonar upon this section:
To shew that now he is entirely free, the man is to bring all manner of sacrifices; and each is accepted for him. He brings one he-lamb for a trespass-offering, another for a sin-offeringboth without blemish, according to the usual manner. Also, a ewe-lamb, yet tender, of the first year, to be for a burnt-offering. The strength of the two previous victims, and the tenderness of this one, are happily blended; and these three sacrifices sum up all the general offerings of a man of Israel. Then, the three tenth deals of flour are the meat-offering for each sacrifice, one tenth deal for each (compare Leviticus 14:21), of the finest flour of the land, and mingled with oil, to shew that it is set apart. Besides, there is a log of oil (a pint) set by itself in a vessel, to be poured on the head of the once leprous man, that he may be publicly received as an acknowledged Israelite, set apart for God. Once the man was set apart from his fellows as polluted; but now every proof of acceptance is heaped upon him. And all is done by the priest, that so it may be authoritatively done. To all this Christ refers in Matthew 8:4, Mark 1:44, and Luke 5:14. Go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing according as Moses commanded (In Matthew 8:4, offer thy gift, the sacrifices of the eighth day may be specially meant. And Jesus delighted in the exhibition of those types that shewed forth His death and resurrection.), for a testimony unto them.

These rites on the eighth day were meant to testify, in the most complete way, that the leprous man was acknowledged to be fully clean. Just as the whole Church, and each member of it, on the day when Christ appears to those who wait for Him, shall be declared to be altogether clean, receiving the result of every gift and offering, and presented as set apart for ever to Jehovah.
The priest slays the he-lamb in the holy place; that is, in the consecrated courts, and on the very spot where the sin-offering is slain. A place is called holy, if holy acts are done there; even as heaven is holy because every act done there is by holy worshippers, and done in a holy manner.

The priest's waving the trespass-offering and the log of oil, intimated that this offering for the leper was presented to the Lord. It declared his dedication to the Lord anew (the oil shewed dedication), and seemed to say, first, Against Thee, Thee only have I sinned; and then, Lord, truly I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, and the son of Thy handmaid.

Some of the blood of this offering is put on the man's right ear; as if to say, Thou art cleansed; go and hear in the camp the joyful sound. Some is put on the thumb of his right hand, as if to say, thou art cleansed; use thy clean hands for God's work. Some is put upon the great toe of his right foot, as if to say, Thou art cleansed; walk in the Lord's ways; go up to His courts, and ever walk before Him in the land of the living.

Some of the oil is then taken from the log (a log contained a pint of our measure). And first it is sprinkled before the veil seven times. Now, as in the case of blood so sprinkled, the meaning was that by this blood-sprinkled way the sinner had boldness to enter the Holiest; so, by this oil thus spread on the same spot, there is a declaration to the effect that the man, the leper now cleansed, offers himself as a consecrated one to serve the Lord who dwells within that veil.

The oil is put on the man's ear, as if to say, Lord, I will hear for Thee,and on his right hand, as if to say, Lord, I will act for Thee,and on his right foot, as if to say, Lord, I will go up and down, to and fro, for Thee. He then pours on his head all that remains (Leviticus 14:18), that, as it ran down in copious streams over all his person, he might hear every drop cry, Thou art His that saves thee.

But farther; there is a double type here, as in the case of the two birds. Inasmuch as the oil was to be put upon the blood of the trespass-offering, there was implied the glorious truth that the blood which cleanses also sanctifies. If you are forgiven, you are not your own. If the price is paid for you, you are now the Lord'S; He bought you. If pardoned by Jesus, then you are inhabited by the Holy Spirit. Jesus cleansed away the guilt that there might be a fair tablet on which the Spirit might re-write His holy law. If freed from guilt and Satan, you are handed over to the Lord, to serve Him in holiness and righteousness.

This being done, and atonement made by the trespass-offering (Leviticus 14:19), the priest shall offer the sin-offering, and then the burnt-offering also. Some think this the the gift, meant in Matthew 8:4, The gift that Moses commanded. Thus he is assured of acceptance by every kind of offering; and is sent home rejoicing. He shall be clean.

Leviticus 14:21-32 In the cases of poverty on the part of the person to be consecrated, the burnt offering and sin offering were reduced to a pair of turtle-doves or young pigeons, and the meat-offering to a tenth of an ephah of meal and oil; but no diminution was allowed in the trespass offering as the consecration offering, since this was the essential condition of reinstatement in full covenant rights. On a account of the importance of all the details of this law, every point is repeated a second time in Leviticus 14:21-32. (Keil)

FACT QUESTIONS 14:1-32

323.

How do Chapter s thirteen and fourteen relate?

324.

What leads us to conclude that leprosy was a form of punishment?

325.

Which form of leprosy seems to have the most application to your life? Discuss.

326.

What are the three constant attitudes to be taken by all us lepers? Discuss.

327.

Name the two steps necessary for reinstatement.

328.

Show how the two clean birds compare with our Lord.

329.

In what way are we reminded of the prodigal son?

330.

How was the leper represented in the other three items?

331.

There are two different identifications given for the cedar. What were they?

332.

How does the leper compare to us?

333.

Describe the services of the eighth day and how they related to us.