12 "Then the priest shall take the one male lamb and bring it for a guilt offering , with the log of oil , and present them as a wave offering before the Lord . 13 "Next he shall slaughter the male lamb in the place where they slaughter the sin offering and the burnt offering , at the place of the sanctuary -for the guilt offering , like the sin offering , belongs to the priest ; it is most holy . 14 "The priest shall then take some of the blood of the guilt offering , and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed , and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot . 15 "The priest shall also take some of the log of oil , and pour it into his left palm ; 16 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 . 17 "Of the remaining oil which is in his palm , the priest shall put some on the right ear lobe of the one to be cleansed , and on the thumb of his right hand , and on the big toe of his right foot , on the blood of the guilt offering ;
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 14:12-17
Commentary on Leviticus 14:10-32
(Read Leviticus 14:10-32)
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 oil, was to be put upon him that was to be cleansed. Wherever the blood of Christ is applied for justification, the oil of the Spirit is applied for sanctification; these two cannot be separated. We have here the gracious provision the law made for poor lepers. The poor are as welcome to God's altar as the rich. But though a meaner sacrifice was accepted from the poor, yet the same ceremony was used for the rich; their souls are as precious, and Christ and his gospel are the same to both. Even for the poor one lamb was necessary. No sinner could be saved, had it not been for the Lamb that was slain, and hath redeemed us to God with his blood.