KJV King James Version
And the priest shall take [some] of the log of oil, and pour [it] into the palm of his own left hand:
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Leviticus 14:15
And the priest shall take [some] of the log of oil, and pour [it] into the palm of his own left hand:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the priest shall take some of the log of olive oil, pour it into his left palm,
WEB World English Bible
The priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.
ASV American Standard Version
And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the priest hath taken of the log of oil, and hath poured on the left palm of the priest,
Surrounding context — Leviticus 14
12 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:
13 And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering [is] the priest’s, [so is] the trespass offering: it [is] most holy:
14 And the priest shall take [some] of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put [it] upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
15 And the priest shall take [some] of the log of oil, and pour [it] into the palm of his own left hand:
16 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:
17 And of the rest of the oil that [is] in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering:
18 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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John 3:34For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure [unto him].Psalm 45:7Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.1 John 2:20But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
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