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Leviticus 14:16

The religious leader will put a finger of his right hand into the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Atonement;   Offerings;   Seven;  

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;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hyssop;   Lamb;   Leper;   Number;   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 - Purification (2);   Sheep, Shepherd;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Cedar;   Weights and Measures;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Leper;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Purification,;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Oil;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Azazel;   Dip;   Land;   Log;   Number;   Sprinkle;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Mishnah;   Right and Left;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The Kohen shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.
King James Version
And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord :
Lexham English Bible
and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is on his left palm, and he shall spatter some of the oil with his finger seven times before Yahweh.
New Century Version
He will dip a finger of his right hand into the oil that is in his left hand, and with his finger he will sprinkle some of the oil seven times before the Lord .
New English Translation
Then the priest is to dip his right forefinger into the olive oil that is in his left hand, and sprinkle some of the olive oil with his finger seven times before the Lord .
Amplified Bible
and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of the oil seven times before the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
the priest shall then dip his right-hand finger into the oil that is in his left palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of the oil seven times before the LORD.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Priest shal dip his right finger in the oyle that is in his left hand, & sprinkle of the oyle with his finger seuen times before the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
the priest shall then dip his right-hand finger into the oil that is in his left palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of the oil seven times before Yahweh.
Contemporary English Version
dip a finger of his right hand into the oil, and sprinkle some of it seven times toward the sacred tent.
Complete Jewish Bible
dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand and sprinkle from the oil with his finger seven times before Adonai .
Darby Translation
and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the priest will dip the finger of his right hand into the oil that is in his left palm. He will use his finger to sprinkle some of the oil seven times before the Lord .
English Standard Version
and dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand and sprinkle some oil with his finger seven times before the Lord .
George Lamsa Translation
Then the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD;
Good News Translation
dip a finger of his right hand in it, and sprinkle some of it seven times there in the Lord 's presence.
Christian Standard Bible®
The priest will dip his right finger into the oil in his left palm and sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord.
Literal Translation
And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil on his left palm and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and dyppe his right fynger in the oyle that is in his left hande, and sprenkle the oyle with his fynger seuen tymes before the LORDE.
American Standard Version
and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
And let the priest put his right finger in the oil which is in his left hand, shaking it out with his finger seven times before the Lord;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he shall dippe his ryght finger in the oyle that is in his left hande, and sprinckle of the oyle with his finger seuen tymes before the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
And the Priest shall dip his right finger in the oile that is in his left hand, and shall sprinckle of the oile with his finger, seuen times before the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he shall dip with the finger of his right hand into some of the oil that is in his left hand, and he shall sprinkle with his finger seven times before the Lord.
English Revised Version
and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD:
Berean Standard Bible
dip his right forefinger into the oil in his left palm, and sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he schal dippe the riyt fyngur therynne, and schal sprynge seuensithis bifor the Lord.
Young's Literal Translation
and the priest hath dipped his right finger in the oil which [is] on his left palm, and hath sprinkled of the oil with his finger seven times before Jehovah.
Update Bible Version
and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before Yahweh:
Webster's Bible Translation
And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that [is] in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.
World English Bible
The priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before Yahweh.
New King James Version
Then the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.
New Living Translation
He will dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the Lord .
New Revised Standard
and dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand and sprinkle some oil with his finger seven times before the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the priest shall dip his right finger and take of the oil that is on the palm of his left hand, - and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before Yahweh:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And shall dip his right finger in it, and sprinkle it before the Lord seven times.
Revised Standard Version
and dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and sprinkle some oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
the priest shall then dip his right-hand finger into the oil that is in his left palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of the oil seven times before the LORD.

Contextual Overview

10 "On the eighth day he is to take two male lambs that are perfect, a year old female lamb that is perfect, three-tenths part of a basket of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain gift, and one jar of oil. 11 The religious leader who makes him clean will set the man who is to be made clean and these things before the Lord at the door of the meeting tent. 12 Then the religious leader will take the one male lamb and bring it for a guilt gift with the jar of oil. He will give them as a wave gift before the Lord. 13 He will kill the lamb in the holy place where they kill the sin gifts and the burnt gifts. For the guilt gift belongs to the religious leader like the sin gift. It is most holy. 14 Then the religious leader will take some of the blood of the guilt gift. He will put it on the bottom part of the right ear of the person to be made clean. And he will put it on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. 15 Then the religious leader will take some of the oil in the jar and pour it into his left hand. 16 The religious leader will put a finger of his right hand into the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord. 17 Then the religious leader will put some of the rest of the oil upon the blood of the guilt gift on the bottom part of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand and the big toe of the right foot of the person to be made clean. 18 The rest of the oil in the religious leader's hand will be put on the head of the person to be made clean. So the religious leader will pay for the person's sins before the Lord. 19 The religious leader will then give the sin gift to pay for the sins of the person to be made clean. After that he will kill the burnt gift.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 4:6, Leviticus 4:17, Luke 17:18, 1 Corinthians 10:31

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:20 - sprinkle Joshua 6:4 - seven times 2 Kings 5:10 - seven times

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
And I will make you a great nation. I will bring good to you. I will make your name great, so you will be honored.
Genesis 14:11
Then those who won the war took all that belonged to Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and left.
Genesis 14:12
They also took Lot, the son of Abram's brother, who lived in Sodom, and all that belonged to him, and left.
Genesis 14:18
Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was a religious leader of God Most High.
Genesis 14:19
And Melchizedek honored Abram and said, "May good come to Abram from God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth.
1 Samuel 30:8
Then David asked the Lord, "Should I go after this army? Should I meet them in battle?" The Lord said to him, "Go after them, for you will catch them for sure. And you will be sure to save all the people."
Isaiah 41:2
Who has called this one from the east, one who is right at every step? He gives up nations in front of him and makes him ruler over kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, and like wind-blown dry grass with his bow.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the priest shall dip his right finger,.... The finger of his right hand, the forefinger of it:

in the oil that [is] in his left hand; either that is in his own left hand, or in the left hand of a fellow priest:

and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord; that is, over against the house of the holy of holies, as Jarchi, where Jehovah dwelt; but standing at the same time at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, which was eastward, and so he looked westward to the holy of holies; so says the Misnah w, on which one of the commentators x observes, that he did not bring the oil into the temple to sprinkle it before the vail: but he stood in the court, and turned his face to the holy of holies, and so sprinkled upon the floor of the court: and the Jewish doctors are very express for it, according to the Misnah y, that for every sprinkling there was a dipping; that as often as he sprinkled, so often he must dip his finger in the oil, and not that he might dip his finger once, and of that sprinkle two or three times; for the finger must be dipped seven times: this may denote the thanksgiving of the leper for his cleansing, proceeding from the grace of God, and the Lord's gracious acceptance of it.

w lbid. x Bartenora in ib. y Ibid.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The sevenfold sprinkling of the oil before the sanctuary, in addition to the waving of it, seems to have been intended to consecrate it to represent the spiritual gift consequent upon the covenant, the sealing of which had been figured by the sacramental blood of the offering.


 
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