Leviticus 14:10, commentary and pictures

This verse belongs to the law of Moses for a person cleansed from leprosy, requiring that cleansed person to bring an offering to the priest. The offering was to be brought on the eighth day. It consisted of two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and one log of oil.

Under Hebrew law a leper was declared unclean, isolated from family and society, and barred from the congregation of Israel. The law required the priest to examine the person and declare or certify freedom from disease or cure before the offering was made, so the cleansing was subject to examination and public confirmation. Jesus directed the healed leper to present the offering Moses commanded. His instruction followed, upheld and respected the law of Moses and the Jewish code rather than opposing it, and countered the charge that His teaching opposed the law.

The required presentation before the priests with their examination and the offering gave them evidence of the healing and stood as a public testimony to His power. His direction affirmed that the law requiring offerings remained in force until His death, when the ceremonial types met their fulfillment.