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Leviticus 14:19
Then the priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. After that, the priest shall slaughter the burnt offering
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The priest acts during the purification ritual for a person recovering from uncleanness, performing this step immediately after anointing the head with oil and before slaughtering the burnt offering.
The words — וְ/כִפֶּ֕ר (ve./khi.Per) = and he will make atonement; הַ/מִּטַּהֵ֖ר (ha./mi.ta.Her) = the one purifying himself.
The thread — The ritual sequence continues in Leviticus 14:20 with the altar presentation and final declaration of cleanliness, while Leviticus 14:12 and Leviticus 5:6 establish the parallel requirement of a guilt offering (אָשָׁם) for different defilement scenarios.
Why it lands — The text requires the priest to execute atonement specifically for the individual's uncleanness before the ritual concludes, establishing a strict procedural order that must be followed without deviation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering:
Cross-references
- Leviticus 14:12 Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and present it as a guilt offering, along with the log of olive oil; and he must wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.
- Leviticus 5:1 “If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.
- Leviticus 5:6 and he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will make atonement for him concerning his sin.
- Leviticus 12:6 When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.
- Romans 8:3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.