Leviticus 14:18
in Leviticus 14The rest of the oil in his palm, the priest is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.
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ASV
and the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah.
KJV
And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord.
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This verse in Leviticus 14
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis 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
put on the head of the one to be cleansed
Verse 18 ties atonement to the oil on his head, before the sin offering of verse 19 has been made. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown explain atonement here as removing the ceremonial pollution that barred him from religious ordinances.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the remnant of the oil that is in the priests hand,....
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.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַנּוֹתָ֗ר | vehanotar | and the remainder | H3498 → | 106 times |
| בַּשֶּׁ֙מֶן֙ | bashemen | in the oil | H8081 → | 193 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [is] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כַּ֣ף | kaf | [the] palm of | H3709 → | 192 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֔ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| יִתֵּ֖ן | yiten | he will put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| רֹ֣אשׁ | rosh | [the] head of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| הַמִּטַּהֵ֑ר | hamitaher | the [one] purifying himself | H2891 → | 94 times |
| וְכִפֶּ֥ר | vekhiper | and he will make atonement | H3722 → | 102 times |
| עָלָ֛יו | ʾalav | on him | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֖ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְהַנּוֹתָ֗רand the remainder
vehanotarH3498 →106 times
בַּשֶּׁ֙מֶן֙in the oil
bashemenH8081 →193 times
אֲשֶׁר֙which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עַל־[is] on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כַּ֣ף[the] palm of
kafH3709 →192 times
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
יִתֵּ֖ןhe will put
yitenH5414 →2011 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
רֹ֣אשׁ[the] head of
roshH7218 →599 times
הַמִּטַּהֵ֑רthe [one] purifying himself
hamitaherH2891 →94 times
וְכִפֶּ֥רand he will make atonement
vekhiperH3722 →102 times
עָלָ֛יוon him
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
הַכֹּהֵ֖ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 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
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
Leviticus 8:12He also poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.
it leads to
- Exodus 30:30
Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve Me as priests.
- Psalms 133:2
It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes.
- Exodus 30:30
Through
Leviticus 4:31Then he is to remove all the fat, just as it is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.…
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:26
He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man’s sin, and he will be forgiven.
- Genesis 8:21
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth.…
- Leviticus 4:35
And he shall remove all the fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the peace offerings, and he shall burn it on the altar along with the offerings made by…
- Leviticus 4:26
Through
Leviticus 5:16Regarding any holy thing he has harmed, he must make restitution by adding a fifth of its value to it and giving it to the priest, who will make atonement on his behalf with…
it leads to
- Leviticus 22:14
If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.
- Numbers 5:7
and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged.
- Leviticus 22:14
Through
Leviticus 4:26He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man’s sin, and he will be forgiven.
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:20
He shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 4:20
Where this verse is studied
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 (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.
