21 “But (A)if he is poor and cannot afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering (B)to be waved, to make atonement for him, and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil; 22 (C)also two turtledoves or two pigeons, whichever he can afford. The one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. 23 (D)And on the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, before the Lord. 24 (E)And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. 25 And he shall kill the lamb of the guilt offering. (F)And the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. 26 And the priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand, 27 and shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord. 28 And the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, in the place where the blood of the guilt offering was put. 29 And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the Lord. 30 And he shall offer, of the (G)turtledoves or pigeons, whichever he can afford, 31 one[a] for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, along with a grain offering. (H)And the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for him who is being cleansed. 32 This is the law for him in whom is a case of leprous disease, who cannot afford (I)the offerings for his cleansing.”

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  1. Leviticus 14:31 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew afford, 31such as he can afford, one

21 “If, however, they are poor(A) and cannot afford these,(B) they must take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for them, together with a tenth of an ephah[a] of the finest flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of oil, 22 and two doves or two young pigeons,(C) such as they can afford, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.(D)

23 “On the eighth day they must bring them for their cleansing to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting,(E) before the Lord.(F) 24 The priest is to take the lamb for the guilt offering,(G) together with the log of oil,(H) and wave them before the Lord as a wave offering.(I) 25 He shall slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot.(J) 26 The priest is to pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand,(K) 27 and with his right forefinger sprinkle some of the oil from his palm seven times before the Lord. 28 Some of the oil in his palm he is to put on the same places he put the blood of the guilt offering—on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot. 29 The rest of the oil in his palm the priest shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for them before the Lord.(L) 30 Then he shall sacrifice the doves or the young pigeons, such as the person can afford,(M) 31 one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering,(N) together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the Lord on behalf of the one to be cleansed.(O)

32 These are the regulations for anyone who has a defiling skin disease(P) and who cannot afford the regular offerings(Q) for their cleansing.

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  1. Leviticus 14:21 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms