Leviticus 14:27
in Leviticus 14and sprinkle with his right forefinger some of the oil in his left palm seven times before the LORD.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Jehovah:
KJV
And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord:
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This verse in Leviticus 14
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
If, however, the person is poor
on Leviticus 14:21-32
Twelve verses run the whole rite again for a man who cannot afford it, and no step is dropped. Two lambs become two turtledoves or two young pigeons, but poverty never removes the lamb for the guilt offering.
This site's exposition
seven times before the LORD
The sevenfold sprinkling of oil toward the LORD, first given at verse 16, is kept for the poor man without reduction. John Gill refers the reader back to that verse. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown count him as completely cleansed as one who brought a costlier offering.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil,.... See Gill on Lev 14:16.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb--a kind and considerate provision for an extension of the privilege to lepers of the poorer class. The blood of their smaller offering was to be applied in the same process of purification and they were as publicly and completely cleansed as those who brought a costlier offering (Ac 10:34).
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The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִזָּ֤ה | vehizah | and he will spatter | H5137 → | 24 times |
| הַכֹּהֵן֙ | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| בְּאֶצְבָּע֣וֹ | beetzbao | with finger his | H676 → | 31 times |
| הַיְמָנִ֔ית | haymanit | <the> right | H3233 → | 32 times |
| מִן־ | min- | some of | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַשֶּׁ֕מֶן | hashemen | the oil | H8081 → | 193 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [is] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כַּפּ֖וֹ | kapo | palm his | H3709 → | 192 times |
| הַשְּׂמָאלִ֑ית | hasemalit | <the> left | H8042 → | 9 times |
| שֶׁ֥בַע | sheva' | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| פְּעָמִ֖ים | peamim | times | H6471 → | 118 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְהִזָּ֤הand he will spatter
vehizahH5137 →24 times
הַכֹּהֵן֙the priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
בְּאֶצְבָּע֣וֹwith finger his
beetzbaoH676 →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
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.
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.