And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
The priest will offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. Then the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be ceremonially clean.
The priest performs specific sacrifices on the altar to make atonement for someone, completing their ritual purification process.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of the detailed cleansing ritual for someone who had been healed from a skin disease (often translated as 'leprosy'). In ancient Israel, such diseases made a person ceremonially unclean and excluded from community worship and social life. The elaborate cleansing ceremony, involving multiple sacrifices over eight days, was required before the person could be fully restored to the community and temple worship.
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