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Leviticus 14:14 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 14. 14And 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:
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Quick Meaning
This verse places its blood on the restored person's right ear, thumb, and big toe.
Read It With
- Leviticus 14:10-20
Start with 14:10-20 rather than Leviticus 14:14 alone. In that complete movement, this verse places its blood on the restored person's right ear, thumb, and big toe. The unit's controlling claim is: On the eighth day animals, flour, and oil are presented; blood and oil mark ear, thumb, and toe before the remaining offerings complete atonement.
Why This Verse Appears Here
This verse places its blood on the restored person's right ear, thumb, and big toe. Its place in Leviticus 14:10-20 matters because this unit follows at this point to define the restored person brings reparation, purification, burnt, and grain offerings before the book turns to the next offering, priestly act, status distinction, social command, calendar movement, land case, covenant warning, or vow rule.
Follow the Context
- The unit opens the case or movement named “The restored person brings reparation, purification, burnt, and grain offerings.”
- On the eighth day animals, flour, and oil are presented; blood and oil mark ear, thumb, and toe before the remaining offerings complete atonement.
- The reparation offering does not prove that the affected person committed an unstated sin. That boundary keeps ritual status, moral guilt, ancient description, enduring truth, and modern application from being collapsed.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
Leviticus 14:14 does not stand apart from Leviticus 14:10-20; the reparation offering does not prove that the affected person committed an unstated sin.
What Remains True
Places its blood on the restored person's right ear, thumb, and big toe. Within Leviticus 14:10-20, this contributes to the larger claim that on the eighth day animals, flour, and oil are presented; blood and oil mark ear, thumb, and toe before the remaining offerings complete atonement.
How It Can Shape Life
- When teaching Leviticus 14:14, keep the verse inside Leviticus 14:10-20. Hold this boundary: The reparation offering does not prove that the affected person committed an unstated sin. Apply only the noncoercive truth the complete unit supports.
Teach It Back
Explain Leviticus 14:14's contribution to Leviticus 14:10-20. Name the category involved, what the surrounding verses add, any material uncertainty, and what the verse does not authorize.
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How certain is this explanation? probable
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Interpreters disagree over the system's symbolic logic, compositional layers, health effects, ancient practice, species and condition identifications, sanctuary-contamination models, and the relation of removable ritual status to wrongdoing. No one model explains every rule without remainder.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: Leviticus 14:10-20, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
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