Leviticus 14:28

The priest shall also put some of the oil in his palm on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot—on the same places as the blood of the guilt offering.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The text records Moses relaying YHWH’s instructions to Aaron and his sons regarding the ritual cleansing of a person healed from a skin disease. This moment occurs during the detailed protocol for restoring the cleansed individual to the community.

The words — The verb נָתַן (na.Tan) means "he will put," and the noun שֶׁמֶן (She.men) translates to "oil." These terms specify the priest’s physical action of applying the consecrated oil to specific body parts.

The thread — The application of oil to the right ear, thumb, and toe mirrors the blood ritual of the guilt offering in Leviticus 14:14. The same triad of body parts appears in the consecration of priests in Exodus 29:20 and Leviticus 8:23.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition that ritual cleansing requires a priest to physically apply oil to the same locations as the guilt offering’s blood. A reader must observe how the ritual marks the cleansed person’s hearing, grasping, and walking as formally transferred to sacred service.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering: