Leviticus 14:26

Leviticus 14:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand:
• New International Version (NIV)The priest is to pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand.

Context of Leviticus 14:26

24The priest will take the young sheep and the oil and he will lift them up to the Lord. 25He will kill the sheep. He will put some of its blood on the lowest part of the person's ear. He will put the blood on the thumb of the person's right hand. He will put the blood on the big toe of the person's right foot. The priest will pour some of the oil into his own left hand. 27He will put a finger from his right hand into the oil. He will shake it seven times in front of the Lord's altar. 28He will put oil from his hand on the lowest part of the person's ear. He will also put oil on the thumb of the person's right hand. He will put oil on the big toe of the person's right foot.

Leviticus 14:26 word by word

וּמִן־הַשֶּׁ֖מֶן יִצֹ֣ק הַכֹּהֵ֑ן עַל־כַּ֥ף הַכֹּהֵ֖ן הַשְּׂמָאלִֽית׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• shall pourיָצַקyâtsaq · to pour: pourH3332
• of the oilשֶׁ֫מֶןshemen · oilH8081
• into the palmכַּףkaph · palmH3709
• left handשְׂמָאלִיώemâ'lîy · leftH8042

Commentaries on Leviticus 14:26

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-32Verses 10-32 The cleansed leper was to be presented to the Lord, with his offerings. When God has restored us to enjoy public worship again, after sickness, distance, or otherwise, we should testify our thanksgiving by our diligent use of the liberty. And both we and our offerings must be presented before the Lord, by the Priest that made us clean, even our Lord Jesus. Beside the usual rites of the trespass-offering, some of the blood, and some of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-32The ceremony for the poor was similar to the usual purification offering. But, it allowed them to use cheaper birds instead of a lamb (see Leviticus 5:7–13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-3221-32. 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).Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 14:26

• Atonement

In the dictionaries

• Left hand
• Ablution
• Clean
• Leprosy
• Purification
• Scrape
• Sprinkle
• Atonement, Day of
• Azazel
• Cleanse

Commentaries on Leviticus 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings