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…

“Then the priest is to command to take”: Literally, And the priest shall command, and he shall take, meaning the leper is to do the taking…

Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed

The command is by the priest, the taking is b…

The priests could not cleanse the lepers; but when the Lord removed the plague, various rules were to be observed in admitting them again to the or…