Leviticus 14:10 says, 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. The next several verses deal with the offerings after a person is pronounced clean of leprosy, and will just be looked at briefly. Verse eleven adds, And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. The priest was to present the man and the things of the offering before door of the tabernacle of the congregation. Verse twelve continues, And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: Verse thirteen states , And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest’s, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy: The priest was to slay the lambs for a trespass offering, a wave offering, a sin offering and a burnt offering. Verse fourteen adds, And the priest shall take some 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: The priest was to use some of the blood to purify the leper. Verse fifteen continues, And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand: Verse sixteen says, 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: Verse seventeen adds, 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: Next, the priest was to consecrate the oil, then he was to begin applying it to the man. Verse eighteen continues, And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: After putting some of the oil in his hand on leper's ear, hand and toe. the rest of the oil was to be poured over his head, signifying cleansing from head to toe, I would assume. Verse nineteen states, And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering: The priest would first make the sin offering, because before a person can be clean before God, he or she must first have his or her sins forgiven, which is why we must first come to Jesus Christ as our Savior to have our sins forgiven before we can make Him Lord of our life. Verse twenty adds, And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. The priest would then offer the burnt and meat offering and the man would be declared clean. I believe this would be both physically and spiritually clean. Verse twenty-one continues, And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil; Provision was made for the poor to be able to offer an acceptable sacrifice, just as people today have the ability to offer the only acceptable sacrifice to make them right with God, which is faith in Jesus Christ as one's Savior and Lord. Economic status never matters. Verse twenty-two says, And two turtledoves, 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. Verse twenty-three adds, And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD. The leper was to bring these to the door of the tabernacle on the eighth day. Verse twenty-four continues, 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 the LORD: Verse twenty-five states, And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some 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: The first part of the offering was the same, the lamb killed for the trespasses of the person. We all have the same offering for our trespasses and that is the blood of Christ shed on the cross. Verse twenty-six adds, And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand: Verse twenty-seven continues, And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD: Then verse twenty-eight says, 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: Then verse twenty-nine adds, 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 an atonement for him before the LORD. This part of the sacrifice was also the same. Verse thirty continues, And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get; Verse thirty-one states, Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD. Instead of another lamb, the priest was now to offer the turtledove or pigeon for the sin and burnt offering. The person was only required to bring what they could afford, and so are we today after our sins are forgiven. Verse thirty-two adds, This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing. This was to apply to those who could not afford to bring two lambs, but in either case the person was to be declared clean.
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