Leviticus 14:15-17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

The oil As the blood signified Christ's blood, by which men obtain remission of sins, so the oil denoted the graces of the Spirit, by which they are renewed. Before the Lord Before the second veil which covered the holy of holies. Upon the blood Upon the place where that blood was put.

Leviticus 14:15-17

15 And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:

16 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:

17 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: