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13 This lamb shall be slaughtered in the sacred place where the purification offering and the burnt offering are slaughtered, because the reparation offering is like the purification offering; it belongs to the priest and is most holy. 14 [a](A)Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the reparation offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified. 15 The priest shall also take the log of oil and pour some of it into the palm of his own left hand;

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Footnotes

  1. 14:14–17 The application of blood and oil here facilitates the movement of the person from the severely impure to the pure profane sphere; it reintegrates him or her into the community. Cf. 8:23–24.

13 He is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area(A) where the sin offering[a] and the burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest;(B) it is most holy. 14 The priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering 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.(C) 15 The priest shall then take some of the log of oil, pour it in the palm of his own left hand,(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 14:13 Or purification offering; also in verses 19, 22 and 31