Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 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:
12. and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord ] The offerer usually took part in the waving; according to some, this act took place where the leper stood, and that he assisted in the ceremony; another view was that it took place before the altar, and the leper did not assist. See Appendix IV (Wave-Offering), pp. 183 ff.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
This trespass-offering, with its blood and the oil, must be regarded as the main feature in the ceremony: no alteration being permitted even in the case of the poor Lev 14:21-23. There appears to be no other case in which an entire victim was waved (see Lev 7:30) before Yahweh. The Levites are spoken of as a wave offering, Num 8:11-15 (see the margin). The man in this case, represented by his trespass-offering, was dedicated as a Wave-offering in like manner.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 12. Wave-offering] See Ex 29:27, and Le 7:38, where the reader will find an ample account of all the various offerings and sacrifices used among the Jews.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
For a trespass-offering, to teach them that sin was the cause of leprosy and of all diseases, and that these ceremonial observations had a further meaning, even to make them sensible of their spiritual diseases, their sins, and to fly to God in Christ for the cure of them.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And the priest shall take one he lamb,…. One of the he lambs brought by the leper for his offering:
and offer him for a trespass offering; for though the leprosy itself was a disorder or disease, and not sinful, yet the cause of it was sin, a trespass against God, and therefore a trespass offering must be offered: which was typical of Christ, whose soul was made a trespass offering, Isa 53:10; where the same word is used as here:
and the log of oil; [See comments on Le 14:10];
and wave them [for] a wave offering before the Lord; heaving of them up and down, moving of them to and fro towards the several parts of the world, east, west, north, and south, even both the log of oil, and the he lamb for the trespass offering, and that alive, as Jarchi observes, and so says Maimonides o.
o Hilchot Mechosre Capharah, c. 4. sect. 2.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Verses 12-20:
This is the continuation of the purification ceremony:
4. The priest offered the Trespass Offering and the oil for him.
5. The priest placed some of the blood of this offering on various parts of the man’s body.
6. He put some of the oil into his left hand, sprinkled some of it seven times before the Lord, then placed some of the oil on the man’s body where the blood was, and poured the rest upon the man’s head.
7. The priest then offered the Sin, Burnt, and Meat Offerings.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(12) And offer him for a trespass offering.As leprosy was a Divine punishment for sin, the restored leper had to bring expiatory sacrifices. There is, however, a striking difference in the ritual of the lepers trespass offering and the ordinary trespass offering described in Lev. 5:6, &c. In the case before us, not-only did oil accompany it, but both the trespass offering and the oil were waved by the priest, which did not take place on any other occasion in connection with the trespass offering and sin offering. Indeed, in no other case was the entire victim waved before the Lord.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
12. Trespass offering R.V., “guilt offering.” See chap. v, Introductory, also Lev 14:6, note. This offering was required, not as a payment of debts to Jehovah accumulated during the sickness, ( Riem, Oehler, and Murphy,) but rather as a consecration offering, because this served as a restoration to all the rights of the priestly covenant nation, which had been suspended by the mortal ban of leprosy. This is shown by the fact that the asham, or trespass offering, was to be waved for a wave offering, an unusual ceremony in connexion with the asham, but used when persons are to be dedicated to the Lord, as were the Levites in Num 8:11-15, after their sin offering. For the manner and meaning of waving see Lev 7:30, note.
Most holy Lev 2:3, note.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
The waving towards heaven was intended as a sign, that the whole offering is unto the LORD.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 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:
Ver. 12. And wave them. ] This may note, (1.) Christ’s extreme sufferings; (2.) The waving of Christ in the preaching of the gospel; (3.) The motion of the sinner’s lips in confession and supplication.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
offer = bring him near. Hebrew. karab. App-43.
trespass offering. Hebrew. ‘aSamaritan Pentateuch App-43.
wave offering. See note on Exo 29:27.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
trespass: Lev 5:2, Lev 5:3, Lev 5:6, Lev 5:7, Lev 5:18, Lev 5:19, Lev 6:6, Lev 6:7, Isa 53:10
wave them: Lev 8:27-29, Exo 29:24
Reciprocal: Lev 7:1 – the law Lev 14:10 – log of oil Lev 14:19 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 14:12. A trespass-offering This being the first time of the lepers appearing in the assembly for Gods worship after his recovery, it was proper he should pay this public testimony of homage and gratitude to his deliverer, beginning with an act of humiliation for sin, which is the source of all those pains and diseases to which mankind are obnoxious.