Charles Ellicott Commentary Leviticus 15:14

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Leviticus 15:14

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Leviticus 15:14

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and come before Jehovah unto the door of the tent of meeting, and give them unto the priest:" — Leviticus 15:14 (ASV)

And on the eighth day he shall take to him. — If after the bathing on the evening of the seventh day no sign of the infirmity is seen, he is to bring on the eighth day the appointed sacrifices. It is very striking that while in other cases it was only the poor who, out of consideration, were allowed two turtledoves or two young pigeons (Leviticus 12:8; Leviticus 14:22), in the case before us the least costly offering was prescribed for all alike who suffered from this infirmity, without giving them the choice of bringing a more costly sacrifice. The phrase “he shall take to him” is simply a Hebrew pleonastic way of saying “he shall take.”

The door of the tabernacle of the congregation. — Better, the entrance of the tent of meeting, which here means the eastern gate, where the offerer would face the west, or Holy of Holies, the place of the Lord’s Divine majesty, and thus, before the Lord.