Leviticus 14 · Verse 12

Leviticus 14:12

And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord:
Leviticus 14:12, King James Version

Leviticus 14:12 in other translations

BSBThen 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.
WEB“The priest shall take one of the male lambs, and offer him for a trespass offering, with the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.
ASVAnd the priest shall take one of the he-lambs, and offer him for a trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah:
YLTand the priest hath taken the one he-lamb, and hath brought it near for a guilt-offering, also the log of oil, and hath waved them--a wave offering before Jehovah.
DARBYAnd the priest shall take one he-lamb, and present it for a trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and wave them as a wave-offering before Jehovah.
BBEAnd the priest is to take one of the male lambs and give it as an offering for wrongdoing, and the log of oil, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord;
WebsterAnd the priest shall take one he-lamb, and offer him for a trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD.

What does Leviticus 14:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 14:10-20

10-20. on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blemish--The purification of the leper was not completed till at the end of seven days, after the ceremonial of the birds [Le 14:4-7] and during which, though permitted to come into the camp, he had to tarry abroad out of his tent [Le 14:8], from which he came daily to appear at the door of the tabernacle…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 Wave-offering - See Exo 29:27, and Leviticus 7, where the reader will find an ample account of all the various offerings and sacrifices used among the Jews.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 14:10-32

The cleansed leper was to be presented to the Lord, with his offerings. When God has restored us to enjoy public worship again, after sickness, distance, or otherwise, we should testify our thanksgiving by our diligent use of the liberty. And both we and our offerings must be presented before the Lord, by the Priest that made us clean, even our Lord Jesus. Beside the usual rites of the trespass-offering, some of the…

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Leviticus 14:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְלָקַ֨חve.la.Kachand he will takeH3947
הַכֹּהֵ֜ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַכֶּ֣בֶשׂha.Ke.vesthe male lambH3532
הָאֶחָ֗דha.'e.Chad<the> oneH259
וְהִקְרִ֥יבve.hik.Rivand he will presentH7126
אֹת֛וֹ'o.To<obj.> itH853
לְאָשָׁ֖םle.'a.Shamto a guilt offeringH817
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
לֹ֣גlog[the] log ofH3849
הַשָּׁ֑מֶןha.Sha.men<the> oilH8081
וְהֵנִ֥יףve.he.Nifand he will waveH5130
אֹתָ֛ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
תְּנוּפָ֖הte.nu.Faha wave-offeringH8573
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 14:12

  • Exodus 29:24

    And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.

  • Leviticus 6:6-7

    And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.

  • Isaiah 53:10

    Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

  • Leviticus 8:27-29

    And he put all upon Aaron’s hands, and upon his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the Lord. And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses’ part; as the Lord commanded Moses.

  • Leviticus 5:6-7

    And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin. And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the Lord; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.

  • Leviticus 5:18-19

    And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him. It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the Lord.

  • Leviticus 5:2-3

    Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty. Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
trespass.
5:2,3,6,7,18,19; 6:6,7; Isa 53:10
wave them.
8:27-29; Ex 29:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Leviticus 14:11

    And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:

  • Leviticus 14:12

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

  • Leviticus 14:13

    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:

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Leviticus 14:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y tomará el sacerdote el un cordero, y ofrecerálo por la culpa, con el log de aceite, y lo mecerá como ofrenda agitada delante de Jehová:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et le sacrificateur prendra l’un des agneaux, et le présentera comme sacrifice pour le délit, avec le log d’huile, et les tournoiera en offrande tournoyée devant l’ Éternel;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und der Priester nehme das eine Lamm und bringe es zum Schuldopfer dar mit dem Log Öl und webe sie als Webopfer vor Jehova;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
tollet agnum et offeret eum pro delicto, oleique sextarium: et oblatis ante Dominum omnibus,