Leviticus 14:11
in Leviticus 14The priest who performs the cleansing shall present the one to be cleansed, together with these offerings, before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the priest that cleanseth him shall set the man that is to be cleansed, and those things, before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting.
KJV
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:
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This verse in Leviticus 14
Commentary
5 notes on this verseMaketh him clean - The healing is ascribed to God, ver. 13, but the ceremonial cleansing was an act of the priest using the rites which God had prescribed.
This site's exposition
on the eighth day he shall take
on Leviticus 14:10-13
The eighth day brings four offerings for one man, a trespass offering, a sin offering, a burnt offering and a meat offering, and with them a log of oil. The log is a measure named nowhere else in Scripture, and it belongs to this rite alone. The trespass offering leads, though that offering elsewhere answers a wrong that needs restitution at 5:15-16, and the fault recorded against this man is an illness. Matthew 8:4 points a healed leper at this passage, offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the priest that maketh him clean,....
When God has restored us to the liberty of ordinances again, after restraint by sickness, distance, or otherwise, we should take the first opportunity of testifying our respect to God, and our affection to his sanctuary, by a diligent improvement of the liberty we are restored to. When Christ had healed the impotent man, he soon after found him in the temple, John
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
And this was considered to make atonement "for him"; that is, it removed that ceremonial pollution which had excluded him from the enjoyment of religious ordinances, just as the atonement of Christ restores all who are cleansed through faith in His sacrifice to the privileges of the children of God.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
'לפני ה BEFORE THE LORD — i. e. in the gate of Nicanor and not in the court itself (Sifra, Metzora, Section 3; Sotah 8a), since he was still short of atonement (as the sin-offering had not yet been brought, and under such circumstances he was not permitted to enter the court).
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
AND ON THE EIGHTH DAY HE SHALL TAKE TWO HE-LAMBS WITHOUT BLEMISH, AND ONE EWE-LAMB. Scripture has not explained what is to be done with the two he-lambs and the one ewe-lamb.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהֶעֱמִ֞יד | veheemid | and he will station | H5975 → | 521 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֣ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| הַֽמְטַהֵ֗ר | hamtaher | who declares pure | H2891 → | 94 times |
| אֵ֛ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאִ֥ישׁ | haish | the person | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הַמִּטַּהֵ֖ר | hamitaher | who is purifying himself | H2891 → | 94 times |
| וְאֹתָ֑ם | veotam | and with <the> them | H854 → | 929 times |
| לִפְנֵ֣י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| פֶּ֖תַח | petach | [the] entrance of | H6607 → | 164 times |
| אֹ֥הֶל | ʾohel | [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵֽד׃ | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
וְהֶעֱמִ֞ידand he will station
veheemidH5975 →521 times
הַכֹּהֵ֣ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
הַֽמְטַהֵ֗רwho declares pure
hamtaherH2891 →94 times
אֵ֛ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
הָאִ֥ישׁthe person
haishH376 →1663 times
הַמִּטַּהֵ֖רwho is purifying himself
hamitaherH2891 →94 times
וְאֹתָ֑םand with <the> them
veotamH854 →929 times
לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
פֶּ֖תַח[the] entrance of
petachH6607 →164 times
אֹ֥הֶל[the] tent of
ʾohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵֽד׃meeting
moedH4150 →223 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jude 1:24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
it leads to
- 2 Timothy 4:18
And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Ephesians 3:20
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- Colossians 1:22
But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—
- John 10:29–30
My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
- Hebrews 13:20–21
Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
- 2 Timothy 4:18
Through
Numbers 8:21The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.
it leads to
- Numbers 8:7
This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.
- Numbers 8:11–13
Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.
- Numbers 8:7
Through
Leviticus 8:3and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.”
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 30:13
In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
- 2 Chronicles 30:13
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Andrew Bonar, A Commentary on Leviticus; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.