Leviticus 14:9 - Exposition

But it shall be on the seventh day. The pause for seven days, followed by placing the blood on the tip of the right ear, and on the thumb of the right hand, and on the great toe of the right foot, and the subsequent anointing with off, irresistibly call to mind the ceremonies of the consecration of priests ( Leviticus 8:35 , Leviticus 8:23 , Leviticus 8:24 , Leviticus 8:12 , Leviticus 8:30 ), and no doubt they are intended to do so. The whole nation was in a sense a priestly nation, and the restoration of the lapsed member to his rights was therefore a quasi-consecration.