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 ]