Thus, he must take one male lamb as a guilt-offering, first to be waved as a wave-offering, to effect atonement for him, one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as an accompanying grain-offering for the guilt-offering, a quarter-hin of wine for its accompanying libation, a log of oil for the purification rites,
METZORA
Leviticus 14:13-21
Second Reading 13 Even though this guilt-offering is exceptional in that it must be positioned at the entrance of the Courtyard before being slaughtered, the priest must still slaughter the lamb in the place where one slaughters the sin-offering and the ascent-offering, just like all guilt offerings, i.e., within the holy place, the Courtyard, north of the Outer Altar.
Furthermore, despite the fact that the purification rites require special applications of this offering’s blood, as will be described presently, its blood still must be applied to the Altar and its fat burned up upon the Altar, for regarding these aspects of the priest’s service, the guilt-offering—including this one—is like the sin-offering. Nonetheless, just as the blood of other guilt-offerings is applied to the lower half of the Altar by sprinkling it at the two diagonally opposite corners—unlike the blood of sin-offerings, which is applied to the protrusions of the Altar—so is the case with this guilt-offering. It is a sacrifice of superior holiness like all other guilt-offerings; its blood is therefore applied to the Altar in the same way as that of all other guilt-offerings.
14 After the lamb is slaughtered, the priest must take some of the blood of the guilt-offering, and the priest must apply it above the middle ridge of the right ear of the person being purified, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
15 The priest must then take some of the log of oil and pour it onto the priest’s—i.e., his own—left palm.
16 The priest must then dip his right index finger into some of the oil that is on his left palm, and sprinkle some of the oil with his index finger seven times in the direction of the Holy of Holies, this being considered before God.
17 The priest must then apply some of the remainder of the oil that is in his palm on the middle ridge of the right ear of the person being purified, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the places where he just applied the blood of the guilt-offering. It does not matter if the blood is still there or if it had been wiped off in the meantime.
18 The priest must then apply what is left over from the oil in the priest’s—i.e., his own—palm upon the head of the person being purified. The priest will thus effect partial atonement for him before God.
19 The priest must then offer up the female lamb as a sin-offering, thereby effecting additional atonement for the person being purified of his defilement. After this, he must slaughter the second male lamb as an ascent-offering.
20 As opposed to the guilt-offering and the sin-offering, only parts of which are burned up on the Altar, the priest must bring the entire ascent-offering, just like its accompanying grain-offering, up to the top of the Altar in order to burn it up there. The priests must eat their portions of the guilt- and sin-offerings. The priest will thus effect complete atonement for him, and he will be completely purified.
Purification from Tzara’at for a Poor Person
Third Reading (Fifth when combined) 21 If he is poor and cannot afford these sacrifices, he can use fowl instead of lambs for the sin-offering and ascent-offering.
