Leviticus 14:24

The priest shall take the lamb for the guilt offering, along with the log of olive oil, and wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The text addresses the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting on the eighth day of the cleansing ritual. The priest acts as the officiant who receives the offerings from the cleansed individual and presents them before the LORD.

The words — The Hebrew verb לָקַח (la.Kach) literally means "to take" or "to seize," indicating the priest's physical receipt of the designated items. The noun לֹג (log) specifies a precise measurement unit for the olive oil accompanying the guilt offering lamb.

The thread — The procedure of combining a guilt offering lamb with a log of oil appears in Leviticus 14:12. The same eighth-day presentation sequence is outlined in Leviticus 14:10 and Leviticus 14:23.

Why it lands — The text commands a specific ritual action that requires the reader to recognize the prescribed order of priestly duties. It establishes that ceremonial cleansing demands exact compliance with the designated materials and the priest's mediation before the LORD.

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The Hebrew words

וְלָקַ֧חve./la.Kachand/ he will take הַכֹּהֵ֛ןha./ko.Henthe/ priest אֶת־'et-<obj.>כֶּ֥בֶשׂKe.ves[the] male lamb of הָאָשָׁ֖םha./'a.Shamthe/ guilt offering וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>לֹ֣גlog[the] log of הַשָּׁ֑מֶןha./Sha.men<the>/ oil וְהֵנִ֨יףve./he.Nifand/ he will wave אֹתָ֧ם'o.Ta/m<obj.>/ them הַכֹּהֵ֛ןha./ko.Henthe/ priest תְּנוּפָ֖הte.nu.Faha wave-offering לִפְנֵ֥יli/f.Nei<to>/ before יְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehYahweh

King James Version

And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord:

Cross-references

Leviticus 14:10 On the eighth day he is to bring two unblemished male lambs, an unblemished ewe lamb a year old, a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil, and one log of olive oil.
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.