Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
The priest shall take one of the he-lambs, and offer him for a trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave-offering before Yahweh:
Verse Takeaways
1
A Unique Rededication
Commentators highlight the unparalleled nature of this ceremony. Unlike any other sacrifice, the entire live lamb and the oil were 'waved' before the Lord. Scholars like Albert Barnes suggest this symbolized the complete rededication of the cleansed person back to God, much like the Levites were presented as a 'wave offering' for service.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Leviticus
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
4
18th Century
Presbyterian
This trespass-offering, with its blood and the oil, must be regarded as the main feature in the ceremony: no alteration being permitted even in the…
19th Century
Anglican
And offer him for a trespass offering. —As leprosy was a Divine punishment for sin, the restored leper had to bring expia…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the priest shall take one he lamb One of the he lambs brought by the leper for his offering:
…
Consider supporting our work
The cleansed leper was to be presented to the Lord, with his offerings. When God has restored us to enjoy public worship again, after sickness, dis…
