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take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. <a href="/bsb/leviticus/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The priest is to take some of the blood from the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. <a href="/kjv/leviticus/14.htm">King James Bible</a> 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: <a href="/nkjv/leviticus/14.htm">New King James Version</a> The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. <a href="/nasb_/leviticus/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> The priest shall then take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. <a href="/nasb/leviticus/14.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220The priest shall then take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. <a href="/nasb77/leviticus/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “The priest shall then take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. <a href="/lsb/leviticus/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> The priest shall then take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. <a href="/amp/leviticus/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. <a href="/csb/leviticus/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The priest is to take some of the blood from the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. <a href="/hcsb/leviticus/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The priest is to take some of the blood from the restitution offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. <a href="/asv/leviticus/14.htm">American Standard Version</a> And the priest shall take 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. <a href="/cev/leviticus/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The priest will smear some of the blood from this sacrifice on your right ear lobe, some on your right thumb, and some on the big toe of your right foot. <a href="/erv/leviticus/14.htm">English Revised Version</a> and the priest shall take of the blood of the guilt 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: <a href="/gwt/leviticus/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then the priest will take some of the blood from the guilt offering and put it on the right ear lobe, on the right thumb, and on the big toe of the right foot of the one to be cleansed. <a href="/gnt/leviticus/14.htm">Good News Translation</a> The priest shall take some of the blood of the lamb and put it on the lobe of the right ear, on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot of the one of you to be declared ritually clean. <a href="/isv/leviticus/14.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Then the priest is to take some of the blood from the guilt offering and place it on the right earlobe of the person to be cleansed, on his right thumb, and on his right great toe. <a href="/msb/leviticus/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The priest is to take some of the blood from the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. <a href="/net/leviticus/14.htm">NET Bible</a> Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. <a href="/nheb/leviticus/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. <a href="/wbt/leviticus/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/leviticus/14.htm">World English Bible</a> The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/leviticus/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And the priest has taken of the blood of the guilt-offering, and the priest has put [it] on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot; <a href="/ylt/leviticus/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And the priest hath taken of the blood of the guilt-offering, and the priest hath put on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot; <a href="/slt/leviticus/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the priest took from the blood of the trespass, and the priest gave upon the extremity of the right ear of him being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/leviticus/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the priest taking of the blood of the victim that was immolated for trespass, shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand and the great toe of his right foot: <a href="/cpdv/leviticus/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And taking some of the blood of the victim, which was immolated for transgression, the priest shall place it upon the tip of the right ear of him who is being cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and likewise the foot. <a href="/nabre/leviticus/14.htm">New American Bible</a> Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the reparation offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified. <a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of the right hand, and on the big toe of the right foot.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall sprinkle it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot; <a href="/hpbt/leviticus/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And the Priest shall take from the blood of the sin offering and the Priest shall sprinkle it on the lobe of the right ear of him who is cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand and upon the big toe of his right foot:<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/leviticus/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And the priest shall take of the blood of the guilt-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. <a href="/sep/leviticus/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of the person under cleansing, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. <a href="/parallel/leviticus/14-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=3540" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/leviticus/14.htm">Cleansing from Skin Diseases</a> …13Then he is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most holy. 14<a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hên (Art:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">The priest</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: wə·lā·qaḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">is to take</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: mid·dam (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">some of the blood</a> <a href="/hebrew/817.htm" title="817: hā·’ā·šām (Art:: N-ms) -- Offense, guilt. From 'asham; guilt; by implication, a fault; also a sin-offering.">from the guilt offering</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wə·nā·ṯan (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">and put it</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hên (Art:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/3233.htm" title="3233: hay·mā·nîṯ (Art:: Adj-fsc) -- Right hand, right. From yaman; right.">the right</a> <a href="/hebrew/241.htm" title="241: ’ō·zen (N-fsc) -- An ear. From 'azan; broadness. I.e. the ear.">earlobe</a> <a href="/hebrew/8571.htm" title="8571: tə·nūḵ (N-msc) -- Tip or lobe (of the ear). Perhaps from the same as 'anak through the idea of protraction; a pinnacle, i.e. Extremity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2891.htm" title="2891: ham·miṭ·ṭa·hêr (Art:: V-Hitpael-Prtcpl-ms) -- To be clean or pure. A primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. to be pure.">of the one to be cleansed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/931.htm" title="931: bō·hen (N-msc) -- Thumb, great toe. From an unused root apparently meaning to be thick; the thumb of the hand or great toe of the foot.">the thumb</a> <a href="/hebrew/3233.htm" title="3233: hay·mā·nîṯ (Art:: Adj-fsc) -- Right hand, right. From yaman; right.">of his right</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">hand,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">and on</a> <a href="/hebrew/931.htm" title="931: bō·hen (N-msc) -- Thumb, great toe. From an unused root apparently meaning to be thick; the thumb of the hand or great toe of the foot.">the big toe</a> <a href="/hebrew/3233.htm" title="3233: hay·mā·nîṯ (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Right hand, right. From yaman; right.">of his right</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: raḡ·lōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">foot.</a> 15Then the priest shall take some of the log of olive oil, pour it into his left palm,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/29-20.htm">Exodus 29:20</a> Slaughter 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. Splatter the remaining blood on all sides of the altar. <a href="/leviticus/8-23.htm">Leviticus 8:23-24</a> Moses slaughtered the ram and took some of its blood and put it on Aaron’s right earlobe, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. / Moses also presented Aaron’s sons and put some of the blood on their right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then he splattered the blood on all sides of the altar. <a href="/leviticus/4-25.htm">Leviticus 4:25</a> Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. <a href="/leviticus/4-30.htm">Leviticus 4:30</a> Then the priest is to take some of its blood with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. <a href="/leviticus/4-34.htm">Leviticus 4:34</a> Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. <a href="/leviticus/7-1.htm">Leviticus 7:1-2</a> “Now this is the law of the guilt offering, which is most holy: / The guilt offering must be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and the priest shall splatter its blood on all sides of the altar. <a href="/leviticus/5-9.htm">Leviticus 5:9</a> then he is to sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood is drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering. <a href="/leviticus/16-14.htm">Leviticus 16:14</a> And he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the mercy seat. <a href="/leviticus/16-18.htm">Leviticus 16:18</a> Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD and make atonement for it. He is to take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood and put it on all the horns of the altar. <a href="/numbers/18-17.htm">Numbers 18:17</a> But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. <a href="/isaiah/53-5.htm">Isaiah 53:5</a> But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. <a href="/hebrews/9-22.htm">Hebrews 9:22</a> According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. <a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Hebrews 9:13-14</a> For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, / how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God! <a href="/hebrews/10-4.htm">Hebrews 10:4</a> because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. <a href="/hebrews/10-19.htm">Hebrews 10:19-22</a> Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, / by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body, / and since we have a great priest over the house of God, ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot:<a href="/leviticus/8-23.htm">Leviticus 8:23,24</a> And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot… <a href="/exodus/29-20.htm">Exodus 29:20</a> Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.<a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">Isaiah 1:5</a> Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/8-23.htm">Big</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-6.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-11.htm">Cleansed</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-24.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-12.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-30.htm">Great</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-13.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-13.htm">Guilt-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-8.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-24.htm">Lobe</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-13.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-18.htm">Right</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-24.htm">Thumb</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-24.htm">Tip</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-24.htm">Toe</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-13.htm">Trespass</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-13.htm">Trespass-Offering</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/14-17.htm">Big</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-17.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-17.htm">Cleansed</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-17.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-17.htm">Foot</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-17.htm">Great</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-17.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-17.htm">Guilt-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-15.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/exodus/29-20.htm">Lobe</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-17.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-16.htm">Right</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-17.htm">Thumb</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-17.htm">Tip</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-17.htm">Toe</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-17.htm">Trespass</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-17.htm">Trespass-Offering</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 14</div>1. <a href="/leviticus/14-1.htm">The rites and sacrifices in cleansing the leper</a> 33. <a href="/leviticus/14-33.htm">The signs of leprosy in a house</a> 48. <a href="/leviticus/14-48.htm">The cleansing of that house</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>The priest is to take some of the blood from the guilt offering In the Levitical system, the priest acts as a mediator between God and the people. The guilt offering, or "asham," is a sacrifice for atonement of specific sins, particularly those involving restitution. Blood symbolizes life and is essential for atonement (<a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Leviticus 17:11</a>). This offering underscores the seriousness of sin and the need for purification.and put it on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed The right side often symbolizes strength and favor in biblical texts. The application of blood to the earlobe signifies the cleansing of what the person hears, indicating a call to listen to God's commands. This act parallels the consecration of priests (<a href="/exodus/29-20.htm">Exodus 29:20</a>), suggesting that the cleansed person is set apart for God.on the thumb of his right hand The thumb represents action and work. By applying blood here, the ritual signifies the purification of the person's deeds and actions. This act is a call to righteous living, aligning one's work with God's will. It reflects the idea that believers are to serve God with their hands, as seen in the New Testament call to do everything for the glory of God (<a href="/1_corinthians/10-31.htm">1 Corinthians 10:31</a>).and on the big toe of his right foot The big toe is crucial for movement and balance, symbolizing the person's walk or way of life. The application of blood here indicates a cleansing of one's path, urging the individual to walk in God's ways. This act can be seen as a precursor to the New Testament teaching of walking in the Spirit (<a href="/galatians/5-16.htm">Galatians 5:16</a>). This ritual, in its entirety, foreshadows the comprehensive cleansing and sanctification found in Jesus Christ. Just as the blood was applied to the ear, thumb, and toe, Christ's sacrifice purifies believers wholly—mind, actions, and walk.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_priest.htm">The Priest</a> A mediator between God and the people, responsible for performing the cleansing rituals. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_one_to_be_cleansed.htm">The One to be Cleansed</a> An individual who has been healed of a skin disease, seeking ritual purification to re-enter the community. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_guilt_offering.htm">The Guilt Offering</a> A sacrificial offering made to atone for unintentional sins or ritual impurities. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_right_earlobe,_thumb,_and_big_toe.htm">The Right Earlobe, Thumb, and Big Toe</a> Specific body parts symbolically representing the whole person, indicating complete purification and dedication to God. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a> The central place of worship where these rituals were performed, symbolizing God's presence among His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_cleansing.htm">Symbolism of Cleansing</a> The ritual underscores the importance of spiritual and physical purity before God. It reminds us that God desires holiness in every aspect of our lives. <a href="/topical/h/holistic_dedication.htm">Holistic Dedication</a> The application of blood to the ear, thumb, and toe signifies that our hearing, actions, and walk should be dedicated to God. This calls us to live lives fully committed to His service. <a href="/topical/r/role_of_the_mediator.htm">Role of the Mediator</a> The priest's role as a mediator foreshadows Christ's ultimate mediation for us. We are reminded of the necessity of Christ's intercession for our spiritual cleansing. <a href="/topical/c/community_restoration.htm">Community Restoration</a> The cleansing ritual allowed the individual to rejoin the community, highlighting the importance of reconciliation and restoration in our relationships. <a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_atonement.htm">The Cost of Atonement</a> The use of a guilt offering points to the costliness of sin and the need for atonement, ultimately fulfilled in Christ's sacrifice.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 14</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_exodus_29_20_ritual_elsewhere.htm">Is there archaeological or cultural evidence of the ritual in Exodus 29:20 involving blood on ears, thumbs, and big toes among Israelites or nearby cultures?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_require_sacrifices_for_cleansing.htm">Why would God specifically prescribe ritual sacrifices (Leviticus 14:10-20) as a means of ceremonial cleansing, while other passages in Scripture suggest different requirements for purity? </a> <a href="/q/can_bird_blood_cure_skin_disease.htm">How could sprinkling bird blood and water (Leviticus 14:1-7) realistically cure or cleanse a contagious skin disease by any scientific or medical standard?</a> <a href="/q/is_leviticus_21_1-4_historically_accurate.htm">How historically accurate is the claim in Leviticus 21:1-4 that any contact with the dead (apart from immediate family) defiled a priest?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) And the priest shall take some of the blood.--During the second Temple two priests caught the blood of the trespass offering--one into a vessel, and the other into the hollow of his hand. The one who caught the blood in the vessel sprinkled it against the wall of the altar, whilst the other who had the blood in the hollow of his hand went to the convalescent, who was waiting in the porch of Nicanor opposite the eastern door, with his face turned to the west.And the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear.--Still unable to enter the court of the sanctuary, because he had not as yet been cleansed, the restored leper put his head through the gate of Nicanor, when the priest who caught the blood in the hollow of his hand, and who stood within the court, close to the entrance, (because the blood of the expiatory sacrifices could not be brought beyond the limits of the court of Israel), put some of it on the cartilage of his right ear. He then put through his right hand, and the priest put some of the blood on his thumb; he then again put through his right foot, and the priest put some of the blood on the great toe. To expedite the process, the restored leper was also allowed to put through all the three members at once. If the cured leper had not a thumb on his right hand, or a toe on his right foot, or a right ear, he was never cleansed. The right members were chosen for these symbolical acts, as in the case of the consecration of the priest, because they are represented as the strongest, and are therefore the most able to execute the will of God, for which reason they were henceforth dedicated to His service. (See <a href="/leviticus/7-24.htm" title="And the fat of the beast that dies of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but you shall in no wise eat of it.">Leviticus 7:24</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 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. The Mishna describes the ceremony as follows: - "The leper stands before the trespass offering, lays his hand upon it and kills it. Two priests catch up the blood one in a vessel, the other in his band. He who catches it up in the vessel goes and throws it on the side of the altar, and he who catches it in his hand goes and stands before the leper. And the leper who had previously bathed in the court of the lepers, goes and stands in the gate of Nicanor. Rabbi Jehudah says he needs not bathe. He thrusts in his head (viz. into the great court, which he may not yet enter), and the priest puts of the blood upon the tip of his ear; he thrusts in his hand, and he puts it upon the thumb of his hand; he thrusts in his foot, and he puts it upon the great toe of his foot" ('Negaim,' 14:7, quoted by Edersheim, 'Temple Service,' chapter 18.). No doubt, the ear, the thumb, and the great toe are selected for the purpose of showing, as in the case of the consecration of the priest, that the senses and the active powers of the restored Israelite must be dedicated hence, forth to God. <a href="/commentaries/leviticus/14-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>The priest הַכֹּהֵן֮ (hak·kō·hên) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest is to take וְלָקַ֣ח (wə·lā·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take [some] of the blood מִדַּ֣ם (mid·dam) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed from the guilt offering הָאָשָׁם֒ (hā·’ā·šām) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_817.htm">Strong's 817: </a> Guilt, a fault, a sin-offering and put וְנָתַן֙ (wə·nā·ṯan) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set it on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the lobe תְּנ֛וּךְ (tə·nūḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8571.htm">Strong's 8571: </a> Tip or lobe (of the ear) of the right הַיְמָנִ֑ית (hay·mā·nîṯ) Article | Adjective - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3233.htm">Strong's 3233: </a> Right hand, right ear אֹ֥זֶן (’ō·zen) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_241.htm">Strong's 241: </a> Broadness, the ear of the one to be cleansed, הַמִּטַּהֵ֖ר (ham·miṭ·ṭa·hêr) Article | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2891.htm">Strong's 2891: </a> To be clean or pure on וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the thumb בֹּ֤הֶן (bō·hen) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_931.htm">Strong's 931: </a> The thumb of the hand, great toe of the foot of his right הַיְמָנִ֔ית (hay·mā·nîṯ) Article | Adjective - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3233.htm">Strong's 3233: </a> Right hand, right hand, יָדוֹ֙ (yā·ḏōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand and on וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the big toe בֹּ֥הֶן (bō·hen) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_931.htm">Strong's 931: </a> The thumb of the hand, great toe of the foot of his right הַיְמָנִֽית׃ (hay·mā·nîṯ) Article | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3233.htm">Strong's 3233: </a> Right hand, right foot. רַגְל֖וֹ (raḡ·lōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> A foot, a step, the pudenda <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/14-14.htm">Leviticus 14:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/leviticus/14-14.htm">Leviticus 14:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/leviticus/14-14.htm">Leviticus 14:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/leviticus/14-14.htm">Leviticus 14:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/leviticus/14-14.htm">Leviticus 14:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/14-14.htm">Leviticus 14:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/14-14.htm">Leviticus 14:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/14-14.htm">Leviticus 14:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/14-14.htm">Leviticus 14:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/leviticus/14-14.htm">Leviticus 14:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-14.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 14:14 The priest shall take some (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/14-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 14:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 14:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/14-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 14:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 14:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>