Leviticus 14:12
in Leviticus 14Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and present it as a guilt offering, along with the log of olive oil; and he must wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And 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 Jehovah:
KJV
And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord:
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This verse in Leviticus 14
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
On the eighth day he is to bring
on Leviticus 14:10-13
The eighth day brings four offerings for one man, guilt, sin, burnt and grain. The guilt offering leads, though elsewhere it answers a wrong needing restitution at 5:15-16, and the fault recorded here is an illness.
This site's exposition
wave them as a wave offering
Albert Barnes finds no other case in the law where a whole victim is waved before the LORD. At 7:30 only the breast of a peace offering is waved. He reads the man as dedicated through his lamb.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
And, besides the usual rites with which the trespass-offering was offered, some of the blood was to be put upon the ear, and thumb, and great toe, of the leper that was to be cleansed (
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A trespass-offering - To teach them, that sin was the cause of leprosy, and of all diseases, and that these ceremonial observations had a farther meaning, to make them sensible of their spiritual diseases, that they might fly to God in Christ for the cure of them.
And the priest shall take one he lamb,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
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.
Wave-offering - See Exo 29:27, and Leviticus 7, where the reader will find an ample account of all the various offerings and sacrifices used among the Jews.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
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 case of the poor Lev 14:21-23. There appears to be no other case in which an entire victim was waved (see Lev 7:30) before Yahweh. The Levites are spoken of as “a wave offering,” Num 8:11-15 (see the margin). The man in this case, represented by his trespass-offering, was dedicated as a Wave-offering in like manner.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
'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).
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
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלָקַ֨ח | velakach | and he will take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֜ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַכֶּ֣בֶשׂ | hakeves | the male lamb | H3532 → | 107 times |
| הָאֶחָ֗ד | haechad | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| וְהִקְרִ֥יב | vehikriv | and he will present | H7126 → | 280 times |
| אֹת֛וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לְאָשָׁ֖ם | leasham | to a guilt offering | H817 → | 46 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לֹ֣ג | log | [the] log of | H3849 → | 5 times |
| הַשָּׁ֑מֶן | hashamen | <the> oil | H8081 → | 193 times |
| וְהֵנִ֥יף | vehenif | and he will wave | H5130 → | 37 times |
| אֹתָ֛ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תְּנוּפָ֖ה | tenufah | a wave-offering | H8573 → | 30 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְלָקַ֨חand he will take
velakachH3947 →966 times
הַכֹּהֵ֜ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַכֶּ֣בֶשׂthe male lamb
hakevesH3532 →107 times
הָאֶחָ֗ד<the> one
haechadH259 →971 times
וְהִקְרִ֥יבand he will present
vehikrivH7126 →280 times
אֹת֛וֹ<obj.> it
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
לְאָשָׁ֖םto a guilt offering
leashamH817 →46 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
לֹ֣ג[the] log of
logH3849 →5 times
הַשָּׁ֑מֶן<the> oil
hashamenH8081 →193 times
וְהֵנִ֥יףand he will wave
vehenifH5130 →37 times
אֹתָ֛ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
תְּנוּפָ֖הa wave-offering
tenufahH8573 →30 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Exodus 29:24Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.
it leads to
- Leviticus 7:30
With his own hands he is to bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before…
- Leviticus 8:27
He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the LORD as a wave offering.
- Exodus 29:26–27
Take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination and wave it before the LORD as a wave offering, and it will be your portion.
- Leviticus 10:14
And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you…
- Leviticus 9:21
but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.
- Leviticus 7:30
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.