Leviticus 14

Hence were they called meat and drink-offerings. And they had washings also that belonged to them, as the washing of the inwards (Exodus 29:17), and of the burnt-offerings peculiarly (Ezekiel 40:38), of the hands and feet of the Priests (Exodus 30:18), and of the leper (Leviticu…

The quantity being small, though the blood were unmixed, and almost congealed, it might be so sprinkled. But there was a sprinkling whereunto a greater proportion of blood was required; as namely, when a house was to be sprinkled and thereby purified; this was done by mixing run…

Or a falsehood is confirmed, as (Genesis 27:22; 2 Samuel 16:8). Or in blasphemy (Leviticus 14:11). When we use the name of God in an oath; according to the excellency of this duty, we must be diligently prepared by earnest and sufficient consideration of the person of the Lord,…

As the ceremonies of the law had not yet been repealed, Christ did not wish that they should be despised or neglected. Now, God had commanded in the law that, if any man had been cleansed from leprosy, he should present himself to the priest with a sacrifice of thanksgiving, (Le…

14. Show yourselves to the priests This reply was equivalent to saying, ‘You are clean;’ for we know that the discernment of leprosy belonged to the priests, who were enjoined in the law to distinguish between the clean and the unclean, (Leviticus 14:2.) Thus Christ preserves th…

37. That women do so likewise in the case mentioned (Leviticus 15:28). 38. That the Leper, being cleansed, do offer sacrifice (Leviticus 14:10). 39. That a Woman, after child-birth offer sacrifice (Leviticus 12:6, 7, 8).

Of beasts there were also three sorts designed to this use and service; one of the herds, namely, Bullocks; and two of the flocks; 1. Sheep, 2. Goats. Of Fowls or Birds, two sorts were used; 1. Turtles, 2. Pigeons, and it may be Sparrows, in the singular case of the sacrifice fo…

An ulcer in the flesh is more easily cured than one in the lungs; a disease that is inward cannot be so well reached; yes, it is not only in us, but it is riveted in us, it is gotten into the flesh and spirit, as if it were one with us, as the leopard's spots and the Ethiopian's…

Sin is a leprous spot. It makes everything we touch unclean: we read, when the leprosy did spread in the walls of the house, the priests commanded them to take away the stones in the wall, in which the plague was, and take other stones, and put in the place of those stones, and…