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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the priest that maketh [him] clean,.... By the above rites and ceremonies, and the after sacrifices offered: shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things before the Lord; the two he lambs, and the ewe lamb; and it seems also the meat offerings, and the log of oil; but these Ben Gersom excepts, and when the leper, with...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the priest shall take one he lamb,.... One of the he lambs brought by the leper for his offering: and offer him for a trespass offering; for though the leprosy itself was a disorder or disease, and not sinful, yet the cause of it was sin, a trespass against God, and therefore a trespass offering must be offered: which was typical of Christ,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he shall slay the lamb,.... The priest, or the butcher, as the Targum of Jonathan, the slaughterer, the priest appointed for that service; at which time both the hands of the leper were laid upon it, as says the Misnah (p); for though the leper might not go into the court as yet, the sacrifice was brought to the door of the tabernacle for him...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the priest shall take [some] of the blood of the trespass offering,.... According to the Misnah (r), two priests received the blood of it, one in a vessel and the other in his hand; he that received it in a vessel went and sprinkled it upon the wall (or top, as Maimonides (s)) of the altar; and he that received it in his hand went to the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the priest shall take [some] of the log of oil,.... With his right hand, as the Targum of Jonathan adds: and pour [it] into the palm of his own left hand: but in the original text it is, "pour it into the palm of the priest's left hand": and it is a question, whether he or another priest is meant; according to Aben Ezra, the oil was to be...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the priest shall dip his right finger,.... The finger of his right hand, the forefinger of it: in the oil that [is] in his left hand; either that is in his own left hand, or in the left hand of a fellow priest: and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord; that is, over against the house of the holy of holies, as...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And of the rest of the oil that [is] in his hand,.... That was either in the hand of the priest that was cleansing, or in the hand of his fellow priest; such of it as was left after some of it had been sprinkled seven times before the Lord: shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the remnant of the oil that [is] in the priests hand,.... Either in the hand of the priest that makes the leper clean, or in the hand of a fellow priest; what was left of that after some of it had been sprinkled seven times before the Lord, and after other of it had been put upon the several parts of the leper, as directed in Leviticus 14:17:...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the priest shall offer the sin offering,.... This was the ewe lamb, according to the rite of every sin offering, as Aben Ezra says; and was typical of Christ, as all such offerings were, who was made sin and a sin offering for his people: and make an atonement for him that was to be cleansed from his uncleanness; for it seems the atonement was...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar,.... The meat offering which belonged to that, and went along with it, even one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil; but no mention being made of any meat offering with the other offerings already offered, the trespass offering and the sin offering; some say,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And if he [be] poor, and cannot get so much,.... As three lambs, and three tenth deals of fine flour: then he shall take one lamb [for] a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him; one he lamb, and was excused the other he lamb for a burnt offering, and the ewe lamb for a sin offering; but a lamb he must bring, a type of Christ...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get,.... As good as he can get for his money, or his money he is possessed of will purchase; but if he was not able to purchase these of the better sort, the best he could get would be acceptable; so indulgent, kind, and merciful was God to the poor in this case; these were instead...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he shall bring them on the eighth day, for his cleansing,.... Which supposes him to have gone through all the rites and ceremonies of cleansing throughout the seven days, from his first appearance before the priest; such as his being sprinkled with the cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet, dipped in the blood of the slain bird, mixed with running...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering,.... [See comments on Leviticus 14:12].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering,.... [See comments on Leviticus 14:13]. and the priest shall take [some] of the blood of the trespass offering, &c. [See comments on Leviticus 14:14].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand. [See comments on Leviticus 14:15].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger [some] of the oil,.... [See comments on Leviticus 14:16].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the priest shall put of the oil that [is] in his hand,.... [See comments on Leviticus 14:17].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the rest of the oil that [is] in the priest's hand,.... [See comments on Leviticus 14:18].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves,.... [See comments on Leviticus 14:22].