“This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:”
Or, the ceremony which shall be used in his purgation. Cross references: : Matt. 8:2 ; Mark 1:40 ; Luke 5:12
“Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet , and hyssop: birds: or, sparrows”
Or, little birds. Of birds which were permitted to be eaten.
“And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:”
Running water, or of the fountains.
“And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. into: Heb. upon the face of the field”
Signifying, that he that was made clean, was set at liberty, and restored to the company of others.
“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. of the: Heb. the daughter of her year”
Which hath no imperfection in any member. This measure in Hebrew, is called Log , and contained six eggs in measure.
“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:”
Hebrew, the finger of his right hand.
“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:”
Hebrew, upon the blood of the trespass offering .
“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; cannot: Heb. his hand reach not to be: Heb. for a waving”
Hebrew, his hand cannot take it. Which is an Omer, read Exod. 16:16 .
“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:”
Or, shall offer them as the offering that is shaken to and fro.
“And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand:”
Hebrew, into the palm of the Priest’s left hand.
“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:”
Or, where the blood of the trespass offering was put, as verse 17 .
“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.”
Or, besides the meat offering.
“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 order is appointed for the poor man.
“When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;”
This declareth that no plague nor punishment cometh to man without God’s providence and his sending.
“And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;”
Or, blackness, or hollow streaks.
“And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:”
Where carrions were cast, and other filth, that the people might not be therewith infected.
“And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.”
That is, he shall command it to be pulled down, as verse 40 . Or, dust.
“And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet , and hyssop:”
It seemeth that this was a lace or string to bind the hyssop to the wood, and so was made a sprinkle: the Apostle to the Hebrews calleth it scarlet wool, Heb. 9:19 .
“But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.”
Hebrew, city . Hebrew, on the face of the field.
“To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy. when it is unclean: Heb. in the day of the unclean, and in the day of the clean”
Hebrew, in the day of the unclean, and in the day of the clean.