And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand:
This verse belongs to the law of Moses governing the priest's offering and cleansing procedure for a person healed of leprosy. Within that procedure it directs the priest to pour oil into the palm of his own left hand. Under that law the healed person was to bring the prescribed offering and present it to the priest.
The priest had to first thoroughly examine the person and publicly pronounce him entirely free from infectious disease, in sound health, and able to rejoin family, friends, society, and the congregation of Israel without danger before accepting the offering. The cleansed person had to return to the same priests who had examined and banished him, and even unwilling priests could not evade making this examination and decision. Jesus directed the healed leper to go to the priest, show himself, follow Moses' prescribed procedure, and offer what Moses commanded for a testimony.
That direction showed that Jesus respected and upheld the law given through Moses, proving His healing and teaching were not opposed to it and answering the charge that He opposed it. The priest's required examination, certification of the cure, and restoration of the man gave the priests and the people irrefutable testimony to Christ's divine power. These cleansing rites belonged to the Jewish law of offerings that were types meeting their fulfillment in Christ's death.
This verse belongs to the law of Moses governing the priest's offering and cleansing procedure for a person healed of leprosy. Within that procedure it directs the priest to pour oil into the palm of his own left hand. Under that law the healed person was to bring the prescribed offering and present it to the priest.
The priest had to first thoroughly examine the person and publicly pronounce him entirely free from infectious disease, in sound health, and able to rejoin family, friends, society, and the congregation of Israel without danger before accepting the offering. The cleansed person had to return to the same priests who had examined and banished him, and even unwilling priests could not evade making this examination and decision. Jesus directed the healed leper to go to the priest, show himself, follow Moses' prescribed procedure, and offer what Moses commanded for a testimony.
That direction showed that Jesus respected and upheld the law given through Moses, proving His healing and teaching were not opposed to it and answering the charge that He opposed it. The priest's required examination, certification of the cure, and restoration of the man gave the priests and the people irrefutable testimony to Christ's divine power. These cleansing rites belonged to the Jewish law of offerings that were types meeting their fulfillment in Christ's death.