Leviticus 14:28
וְנָתַן הַכֹּהֵן מִן־הַשֶּׁמֶן׀ אֲשֶׁר עַל־כַּפּוֹ עַל־תְּנוּךְ אֹזֶן הַמִּטַּהֵר הַיְמָנִית וְעַל־בֹּהֶן יָדוֹ הַיְמָנִית וְעַל־בֹּהֶן רַגְלוֹ הַיְמָנִית עַל־מְקוֹם דַּם הָאָשָֽׁם׃
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וְנָתַ֨ן הַכֹּהֵ֜ן מִן־הַשֶּׁ֣מֶן׀ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־כַּפּ֗וֹ עַל־תְּנ֞וּךְ אֹ֤זֶן הַמִּטַּהֵר֙ הַיְמָנִ֔ית וְעַל־בֹּ֤הֶן יָדוֹ֙ הַיְמָנִ֔ית וְעַל־בֹּ֥הֶן רַגְל֖וֹ הַיְמָנִ֑ית עַל־מְק֖וֹם דַּ֥ם הָאָשָֽׁם׃
καὶ ἐπιθήσει ὁ ἱερεὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐλαίου τοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν λοβὸν τοῦ ὠτὸς τοῦ καθαριζομένου τοῦ δεξιοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ τῆς δεξιᾶς καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ ποδὸς αὐτοῦ τοῦ δεξιοῦ, ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ τῆς πλημμελίας·
Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0
Latin (Vulgate)
tangetque extremum dextræ auriculæ illius qui mundatur, et pollices manus ac pedis dextri, in loco sanguinis qui effusus est pro delicto:
Luego le untará un poco de ese aceite a la persona en el lóbulo de la oreja derecha, en el pulgar de la mano derecha y en el dedo gordo del pie derecho, exactamente en el mismo lugar donde le untó la sangre de la ofrenda por la culpa.
Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)
También pondrá el sacerdote del aceite que tiene en su mano sobre la ternilla de la oreja derecha del que se purifica, y sobre el pulgar de su mano derecha, y sobre el pulgar de su pie derecho, en el lugar de la sangre de la culpa.
The priest shall also put some of the oil in his palm on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot — on the same places as the blood of the guilt offering.
✦ What the text says
Summary
The priest applies some of the oil from his palm to specific parts of the body of the person being purified — the right earlobe, right thumb, and right big toe — placing it on the same spots where the blood of the guilt offering had previously been applied.
Key words
- na.Tan ("he will put", H5414H) — qal sequential perfect; continues the narrative chain of priestly actions begun in earlier verses.
- ko.Hen ("priest", H3548) — definite singular noun; the subject performing the action.
- mi.ta.Her ("[one] purifying himself", H2891) — hithpael participle, reflexive form indicating the person undergoes the purification process, not merely receives it passively.
- te.Nukh ("[the] lobe of", H8571) — construct noun, grammatically bound to 'O.zen ("ear") to form "lobe of the ear."
- y.ma.Nit ("right", H3233G) — feminine singular adjective, repeated three times to specify laterality for ear, hand, and foot.
What the text says
The verse continues a sequence introduced by the narrative ve- ("and") attached to na.Tan ("he will put", H5414H), a sequential perfect verb form that carries forward the ongoing ritual action from the preceding verses. The subject is ha-ko.Hen ("the priest", H3548), who applies oil min-ha-She.men ("some of the oil", H8081) that is specified as 'a.Sher 'al-ka.P-o ("which is on his palm", H0834A/H3709G) — a relative clause locating the oil's source.
The verse is structured around a repeated pattern: preposition 'al ("on", H5921A) + construct noun + ha-yma.Nit ("the right", H3233G). This pattern occurs three times, targeting te.Nukh 'O.zen ha-mi.ta.Her ("the lobe of the ear of the one purifying himself", H8571/H0241G/H2891), Bo.hen ya.D-o ("the thumb of his hand", H0931/H3027H), and Bo.hen rag.L-o ("the big toe of his foot", H0931/H7272). Each body part is marked as construct, chaining nouns together (e.g., "lobe-of ear-of the-one-purifying"). The subject receiving the oil is designated by the hithpael participle mi.ta.Her ("one purifying himself", H2891), a reflexive verbal form that frames the individual as actively undergoing the purification rite rather than as a passive object.
The final clause, 'al-me.Kom dam ha-'a.Sham ("on the place of the blood of the guilt offering", H4725/H1818/H0817), specifies that the oil is applied to the same locations previously marked by the blood of the guilt offering, linking this verse to the prior blood application ritual through construct-chain repetition of the same anatomical terms.
Differences between versions
The LXX renders ka.P-o ("his palm", H3709G) as "τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ" ("his hand"), a slightly broader term than the specific "palm" of the Hebrew. The Vulgate's clause "tangetque extremum dextræ auriculæ" ("and he shall touch the extremity of the right ear") uses "tangetque" ("he shall touch") where the Hebrew and LXX use verbs of "putting/placing" (na.Tan, ἐπιθήσει), representing a difference in the verb chosen to describe the priestly action, though the ritual referent remains the same.
This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.