King James Version
Leviticus 14:15 in the King James Version says “And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:”
Leviticus 14:15 · KJV
And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy:
And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it 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:
And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:
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:
And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put 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 blood of the trespass offering:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the priest”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
“of oil”
H8081grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
“and pour”
H3332properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“it into the palm”
H3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-
“And the priest”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
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