Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 14:30
And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;
And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves,….
[See comments on Le 14:22].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
“Handfuls of Purpose”
For All Gleaners
“… such as he can get.” Lev 14:30
This is an incidental revelation of the considerateness and mercy of God. All men could not procure the same kind of sacrifices. Some men were rich and others poor, and God determined the nature of the sacrifice by the social condition of the man. God never omitted the sacrifice: however poor was the worshipper, some degree or form of sacrifice he was bound to supply. This shows that the true sacrifice is in the spirit rather than in the offering which is made by the hand. God has always acted upon the principle that every man must confess his personal sin. Now that One Sacrifice has been offered for all, this law of personal offering is still in operation. It no longer refers to the sacrifice on account of sin, for that has been offered once for all by the Son of God; it now refers to the daily sacrifice of homage, service, profession, and general conduct. What a variety of offering is even now found upon the Christian altar! Some men have laid upon that altar the greatest genius ever created by divine inspiration: others have laid upon that altar the humblest mental attributes; the rich man has piled up his gold, and the widow has dropped in her mites; but throughout the whole discipline of consecrated life no man is exempted from the operation of this beneficent taxing. We are to give as God has prospered us. The master and the servant must operate in various degrees; not the master narrowing himself by the circumstances of the servant; not the servant complaining because of the larger prosperity of the master; each worshipper is to bring “such as he can get.” This same law applies to work. All men cannot publicly preach; all men cannot make public testimony of allegiance to Jesus Christ; all men cannot give money; some men have next to no time to give, so heavy are the demands of labour; but in some way, and in some degree, and at some time everyone can show that he has been redeemed by the blood of Christ, and has in him the new heart which spares nothing within its possession from the altar of the Cross. How long will men be in learning the variety of gift, the variety of opportunity, and the variety of responsibility, connected with Christian life? We are too prone to betake ourselves to ruthless judgments of one another through not distinguishing between differences of capacity, opportunity, and all those circumstances which constitute the situation of life. This kind of law has an educating influence upon the individual conscience. It does not reduce the necessity of giving, it multiplies the opportunity of donation. It is not for any one man to say that some other man should have brought a higher gift or tribute: to his own Master every man standeth or falleth: God will judge righteous judgment herein as in all other things. Still the general inquiry may be put, leaving every man to apply it to himself, Who has given his very best to the Cross? Who has spent every possible moment of time in the service of Christ? Who has not spared some one indulgence or possession for his own gratification? These are questions sharper than any two-edged sword, and they are not to be brandished about by any official hand, they are to be whispered rather than thundered, and every man is to make his own reply to the solemn and inevitable inquiry.
Fuente: The People’s Bible by Joseph Parker
Lev 14:22, Lev 12:8, Lev 15:14, Lev 15:15, Luk 2:24, Rom 8:3
Reciprocal: Gen 15:9 – General Num 6:11 – offer Mat 21:12 – doves
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
14:30 And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, {i} such as he can get;
(i) whether of them he can get.