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Leviticus 14:16

in Leviticus 14

dip his right forefinger into the oil in his left palm, and sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before Jehovah.

KJV

And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord:

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This verse in Leviticus 14

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
The sevenfold sprinkling of the oil before the sanctuary, in addition to the waving of it, seems to have been intended to consecrate it to represent the spiritual gift consequent upon the covenant, the sealing of which had been figured by the sacramental blood of the offering.

This site's exposition

take some of the blood from the guilt offering

on Leviticus 14:14-20

Blood goes on the right earlobe, the right thumb and the right big toe. Exodus 29:20 marks the priests at the same three points, so a man shut out comes back marked where a priest is marked.

This site's exposition

seven times before the LORD

The oil goes toward the LORD before it touches the man. Albert Barnes takes the sevenfold sprinkling as consecrating the oil to stand for the spiritual gift that follows the covenant.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And the priest shall dip his right finger,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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 [AND HE SHALL SPRINKLE …] BEFORE THE LORD — in the direction of the Holy of Holies (cf. Sifra, Metzora, Chapter 3 9).
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Leviticus 14:16:1, via Sefaria, Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934

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

19 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְטָבַ֤לand he will dip

    vetavalH2881 →16 times

  • הַכֹּהֵן֙the priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אֶצְבָּע֣וֹfinger his

    ʾetzbaoH676 →31 times

  • הַיְמָנִ֔ית<the> right

    haymanitH3233 →32 times

  • מִן־some of

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַשֶּׁ֕מֶןthe oil

    hashemenH8081 →193 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עַל־[is] on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • כַּפּ֖וֹpalm his

    kapoH3709 →192 times

  • הַשְּׂמָאלִ֑ית<the> left

    hasemalitH8042 →9 times

  • וְהִזָּ֨הand he will spatter

    vehizahH5137 →24 times

  • מִן־some of

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַשֶּׁ֧מֶןthe oil

    hashemenH8081 →193 times

  • בְּאֶצְבָּע֛וֹwith finger his

    beetzbaoH676 →31 times

  • שֶׁ֥בַעseven

    sheva'H7651 →394 times

  • פְּעָמִ֖יםtimes

    peamimH6471 →118 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.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Kings 5:10Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.”4 worksJoshua 6:4Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.4 worksLeviticus 4:17and he is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the veil.2 works1 Corinthians 10:31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.2 worksLuke 17:18Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”2 worksLeviticus 4:6The priest is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil of the sanctuary.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Exodus 29:20Slaughter the ram, take some of its blood, and put it on the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Sprinkle the remaining blood on all sides of the altar.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    1 Corinthians 10:31

    So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

    it leads to

    • Colossians 3:17

      And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

    • Colossians 3:23

      Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,

    • 1 Peter 4:11

      If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through…

    • Deuteronomy 12:7

      There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.

    • Deuteronomy 12:18

      Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within…

  • Through

    Luke 17:18

    Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”

    it leads to

    • Psalms 50:23

      He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”

    • Matthew 15:24–28

      He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

    • Psalms 106:13

      Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
Leviticus: the study guide →Read Leviticus 14 →

This page draws on 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 (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.

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