Leviticus 14 · Verse 27

Leviticus 14:27

And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord:
Leviticus 14:27, King James Version

Leviticus 14:27 in other translations

BSBand sprinkle with his right forefinger some of the oil in his left palm seven times before the LORD.
WEBand the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD.
ASVand the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Jehovah:
YLTand the priest hath sprinkled with his right finger of the oil which is on his left palm, seven times before Jehovah.
DARBYand the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Jehovah.
BBEShaking out drops of oil with his right finger before the Lord seven times:
WebsterAnd the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD:

What does Leviticus 14:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 14:21-32

21-32. if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb--a kind and considerate provision for an extension of the privilege to lepers of the poorer class. The blood of their smaller offering was to be applied in the same process of purification and they were as publicly and completely cleansed as those who brought a costlier offering (Ac 10:34).

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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 14:27 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.

וְהִזָּ֤הve.hi.Zahand he will spatterH5137
הַכֹּהֵן֙ha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
בְּאֶצְבָּע֣וֹbe.'etz.ba.'Owith finger hisH676
הַיְמָנִ֔יתhay.ma.Nit<the> rightH3233
מִן\־min-some ofH4480
הַשֶּׁ֕מֶןha.She.menthe oilH8081
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
עַל\־'al-[is] onH5921
כַּפּ֖וֹka.Popalm hisH3709
הַשְּׂמָאלִ֑יתha.se.ma.Lit<the> leftH8042
שֶׁ֥בַעShe.va'sevenH7651
פְּעָמִ֖יםpe.'a.MimtimesH6471
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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

Context

  • Leviticus 14:26

    And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand:

  • Leviticus 14:27

    And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord:

  • Leviticus 14:28

    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:

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Leviticus 14:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y con su dedo derecho rociará el sacerdote del aceite que tiene en su mano izquierda, siete veces delante de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et avec le doigt de sa main droite, le sacrificateur fera aspersion de l’huile qui sera dans la paume de sa main gauche, sept fois, devant l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und der Priester sprenge mit seinem rechten Finger von dem Öle, das in seiner linken Hand ist, siebenmal vor Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
in quo tingens digitum dextræ manus asperget septies coram Domino: