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Leviticus 14:1-9

Leviticus 14:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

The cleansing of the leper-ceremonies outside the camp.

As leprosy is evidently a remarkable emblem of sin, so must the cleansing of the leper represent the purification of the sinner, and the laws of the cleansing, the provisions of the gospel. The text brings under our notice??

I. THE CONDITIONS REQUIRED. These were:

1. That the leprosy be healed.

2. That the priest certify the fact.

II. THE OFFERING MADE.

1. The sacrifice.

2. Its treatment.

III. ITS APPROPRIATION. This was:

1. Through the sprinkling of blood.

2. Through the washing of water.

3. By the ministry of the word.

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