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Good News Translation

Leviticus 14:15

The priest shall take some of the olive oil and pour it in the palm of his own left hand,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Atonement;   Log;   Measure;   Offerings;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Measures;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Leper;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Leprosy;   Oil;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hand, Right Hand;   Offerings and Sacrifices;   Priest, Priesthood;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Lamb;   Log;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hyssop;   Lamb;   Leper;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Clean, Cleanness;   Leviticus;   Ointment;   Weights and Measures;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bird;   Clean and Unclean;   Priests and Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Oil ;   Purification (2);   Sheep, Shepherd;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Cedar;   Weights and Measures;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Leper;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Purification,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Log;   Palm (of the Hand);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Mishnah;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The Kohen shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.
King James Version
And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:
Lexham English Bible
And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and he shall pour it on his left palm;
New Century Version
Then the priest will take some of the oil and pour it into his own left hand.
New English Translation
The priest will then take some of the log of olive oil and pour it into his own left hand.
Amplified Bible
"The priest shall also take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand;
New American Standard Bible
"The priest shall also take some of the log of oil, and pour it into his left palm;
Geneva Bible (1587)
The Priest shall also take of ye pint of oyle, and powre it into the palme of his left hand,
Legacy Standard Bible
The priest shall also take some of the log of oil and pour it into his left palm;
Contemporary English Version
He will then pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his left hand,
Complete Jewish Bible
Next, the cohen is to take some of the two-thirds-pint of olive oil and pour it into the palm of his own left hand,
Darby Translation
And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into his, the priest's, left hand;
Easy-to-Read Version
The priest will also take some of the oil and pour it into his own left palm.
English Standard Version
Then the priest shall take some of the log of oil and pour it into the palm of his own left hand
George Lamsa Translation
And the priest shall take some of the oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand;
Christian Standard Bible®
Then the priest will take some of the one-third quart of olive oil and pour it into his left palm.
Literal Translation
And the priest shall take some of the log of oil and shall pour it on the left hand of the priest.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Afterwarde shall he take of the oyle out of the Logg, and poure it in to his awne left hande,
American Standard Version
And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand;
Bible in Basic English
And take some of the oil and put it in the hollow of his left hand;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The priest shall take of the logge of oyle, and powre it into the paulme of his left hande:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.
King James Version (1611)
And the Priest shall take some of the log of oile, and powre it into the palme of his owne left hand:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the priest shall take of the cup of oil, and shall pour it upon his own left hand.
English Revised Version
and the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:
Berean Standard Bible
Then the priest shall take some of the log of olive oil, pour it into his left palm,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he schal putte of the sextarie of oyle in to his left hond,
Young's Literal Translation
and the priest hath taken of the log of oil, and hath poured on the left palm of the priest,
Update Bible Version
And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand;
Webster's Bible Translation
And the priest shall take [some] of the log of oil, and pour [it] into the palm of his own left hand:
World English Bible
The priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.
New King James Version
And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.
New Living Translation
"Then the priest will pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand.
New Life Bible
Then the religious leader will take some of the oil in the jar and pour it into his left hand.
New Revised Standard
The priest shall take some of the log of oil and pour it into the palm of his own left hand,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the priest shall take of the log of oil, - and shall pour it upon the palm of the priest's left hand,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he shall pour of the sextary of oil into his own left hand,
Revised Standard Version
Then the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The priest shall also take some of the log of oil, and pour it into his left palm;

Contextual Overview

10 On the eighth day you shall bring two male lambs and one female lamb a year old that are without any defects, five pounds of flour mixed with olive oil, and half a pint of olive oil. 11 The priest shall take you and these offerings to the entrance of the Tent of the Lord 's presence. 12 Then the priest shall take one of the male lambs and together with the half pint of oil he shall offer it as a repayment offering. He shall present them as a special gift to the Lord for the priest. 13 He shall kill the lamb in the holy place where the animals for the sin offerings and the burnt offerings are killed. He must do this because the repayment offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest and is very holy. 14 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. 15 The priest shall take some of the olive oil and pour it in the palm of his own left hand, 16 dip a finger of his right hand in it, and sprinkle some of it seven times there in the Lord 's presence. 17 He shall take some of the oil that is in the palm of his hand and some of the blood of the lamb and put them 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. 18 He shall put the rest of the oil that is in the palm of his hand on your head. In this way he shall perform the ritual of purification. 19 Then the priest shall offer the sin offering and perform the ritual of purification. After that, he shall kill the animal for the burnt offering

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 45:7, John 3:34, 1 John 2:20

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:21 - the anointing oil Leviticus 14:10 - log of oil

Cross-References

Genesis 14:2
went to war against five other kings: Bera of Sodom, Birsha of Gomorrah, Shinab of Admah, Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (or Zoar).
Genesis 14:3
These five kings had formed an alliance and joined forces in Siddim Valley, which is now the Dead Sea.
Deuteronomy 15:2
This is how it is to be done. Each of you who has lent money to any Israelite is to cancel the debt; you must not try to collect the money; the Lord himself has declared the debt canceled.
1 Kings 15:18
So King Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the Temple and the palace, and sent it by some of his officials to Damascus, to King Benhadad of Syria, the son of Tabrimmon and grandson of Hezion, with this message:
Psalms 112:5
Happy is the person who is generous with his loans, who runs his business honestly.
Acts 9:2
and asked for letters of introduction to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he should find there any followers of the Way of the Lord, he would be able to arrest them, both men and women, and bring them back to Jerusalem.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the priest shall take [some] of the log of oil,.... With his right hand, as the Targum of Jonathan adds:

and pour [it] into the palm of his own left hand: but in the original text it is, "pour it into the palm of the priest's left hand": and it is a question, whether he or another priest is meant; according to Aben Ezra, the oil was to be poured into the hand of the priest that was cleansing the leper, and which, he thinks, is plain from what follows; but Gersom thinks it is better to understand it of another priest, since it is not said into his own hand, but into the hand of the priest; and the Misnah u is clear for it, he (the priest) takes of the log of oil and pours it into the palm of his fellow (priest), but if he pours it into his own palm it is sufficient.

u Ib. sect. 10. so Maimon. Mechosre Capharah, ut supra, (c. 4. sect. 2.) & Bartenora, in Misn. Negaim, ib.


 
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