And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;
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Gill's Exposition
And if he be poor, and cannot get so much,.... As three lambs, and three tenth deals of fine flour:
then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him; one…
Adam Clarke
And if he be poor - he shall take one lamb - There could be no cleansing without a sacrifice. On this ground the apostle has properly observed that all things under the law are purged with blood; and…
We have here the gracious provision which the law made for the cleansing of poor lepers. If they were not able to bring three lambs, and three tenth-deals of flour, they must bring one lamb, and one…
The poor man's offerings. The Sin-Offering and Burnt-Offering are modified; birds may be brought as in Lev 1:14; Lev 5:7, and the amount of the Meal-Offering is reduced, but the Guilt-Offering remains…
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