The Pulpit Commentary — Leviticus — Section 251

remnant of his former defilement that can to bring him the offerings and service which be removed, the first stage of his purifica- he would have brought he.d he not been tion is over. He is restored to the camp, but excloded from the camp. But this is a not yet to the sauotuary, nor to his position very forced explanation, and it is incom- as head or member of his family. He has patible with other parts of the Law. For still to undergo another week's purgation, the leper was not the only unclee.n person and until that time has elapsed he may who, owing to his uncleanness, was prevented not live in his tent. from offering his gifts e.nd worship at the Vere. 9-32.-The ceremonies in the tabeme.cle or temple. The woman who had second stage of oleansing, which restored an issue of blood for twelve year3 (Luke the late outcast to his home and to his viii. 43) during that time would have been covenant-right, were the following: 1. At excluded from the sanctuary. But no tres- the end of seven de.ye he repeated the process pass offering is required of those that have of washing, shaving, and bathing. 2. On been unclean through issues. ,ve must, the eighth day he brought e. le.mb for e. therefore, look for some other explanation trespass offering, e. log of oil, e. meat offer- of the requirement in the case of the ing, a sin offering, and e. burnt offering. 3. cleansed leper. And e. simpler one is at hand. The priest that officiated at the cleansing pre- Leprosy we.a the type of sin-of all sin sented him e.nd his offerings at the door of whatsoever. When, therefore, the expiatory the te.beme.cle. 4. He offered the trespass ea.orifices were demanded, both kinds-the offering and the log of oil for him. 5. He trespass offering and the sin offering-had slew the trespe.ss offering and . put some to be offered, because expiation he.d to be of the blood of it on different po.rte of the me.de for the uncleanness which represented man's body. 6. He poured some of the oil all unrighteousness-trespasses as well e.s into his left hand, and having sprinkled sins. It might be that the man had not some of it seven times before the Lord, he oommitted e. trespass; he might o.Iso not placed some of it on those parts of the man's have committed sin ; but he he.d been body on which the blood had been placed, stricken with the foul disense which sym- o.nd poured the rest upon his hee.d. 7. He bolized both one and the other, o.nd there- offered the sin offering, the burnt offering, fore he had to offer on his cleansiug the and the meat offering. ea.orifice e.pproprie.te to each. There is o. Ver. 9.-But it ah&ll be on the aevsnth difference in the ritual of the trespass offer- day, The pause for seven days, followed ing in the present case, intended perhups by placing the blood on the tip of the right to distinguish it from those tresp11ss offerings ee.r, and on the thumb of the right hand, which were made when e. man ho.d in his and on the great toe of the right foot, and mind a certain wrong or injury which he the subsequent e.nointing with oil, irresistibly bud committed, and for which he wished to ae.11 to mind the ceremonies of the oonseore.- make compensation. On this occasion (1) tion of priests (oh. viii. 35, 23, 24, 12, 30), the o.nimo.l presented WRB not required to and no doubt they a.re intended to do so. be of e. partioulo.r value, o.s in the ordino.ry The whole ne.tion was in a sense a priestly trespass offerings; (2) it was waved, where- ne.tion, and the restore.tion of the le.psed as the ordinary trespass offerings were not member to his rights we.s therefore e. que.si- waved; (3) it was waved by the priest, oonseoration. whereas other w11ve offerings were wavod Ver. 10.-0n the eighth day he lb.all take not by the priest, but by the offerer, whose two he lamba without blemiah, and one ewe hands were guided by the priests. Nor (4) lamb of the flnt year without blemish, e.nd did the offering of oil e.ccompo.ny the pre- three tenth deal& of fine flour. Every se.orifioe sentation of othor trespass olfering:i. For is to be provided and offered by the restored whatever reason it be, the most chBrocter- leper, except the pee.ea offering. It is cer- istio feature of the sacrificial cle11nsing of tho tainly singulo.r that the peace offering should leper is tho trespass offering, o.nd tho way be omitted, and the.t the trespass offering that it was dee.It with. should be required. The former fe.ot me.y Ver. 12.-The log of oil, a.mounting to be o.ocounted for by the supposition that something more than he.If a pint, is we.ved though the pee.ce offering we.a not required, by tho priest, together with the lamb for tho the le.te leper was, after his other se.orificos, trespo.ss offering, o.s a wave offering before put in e. position where he might offer it the Lord, in order th11t o. special consecra- when he would of his own free will. But the tion may be given them. They thus be- requirement of the trespe.ss offering is more come q u111ified for the purposes for which diffioult to exple.in. Whe.t wrong he.d Ui.e they are presontly used. leper done? and whe.t se.tisfaotion had he Ver. 14.-And the priest shall take somo to m11ke? The nsue.l answer to this ques- of the blood of the trespass offering, and the tion is that he had wronged Jehovah in priest shall put it upon the tip of the right I.hat, howover involuntarily, he had fe.iled ear of him that ii to be oleansed. The  'l'HE BOOK OF LE'\TI'rtcus. [ott. nv.1-82.