Then the priest who makes him clean shall present the man who is to be made clean, and those things, before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
Parallel translations
- WEB The priest who cleanses him shall set the man who is to be cleansed, and those things, before Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
- KJV And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
- BSB The priest who performs the cleansing shall present the one to be cleansed, together with these offerings, before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- NASB and the priest who is going to pronounce him clean shall present the person to be cleansed and the offerings before the Lord at the doorway of the tent of meeting.
- NLT Then the officiating priest will present that person for purification, along with the offerings, before the Lord at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
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Quick answer
The priest presents the man and his offerings before Yahweh at the door of the Tent of Meeting. It matters because restoration culminates in being brought back into God's presence at his sanctuary.
Overview
The cleansed man, once exiled outside the camp, is now set before the Lord at the entrance of the sanctuary. This dramatic reversal shows the goal of the whole ritual: renewed access to God. It anticipates the gospel, in which those once far off are brought near and presented before God through Christ (Ephesians 2:13).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Exod 29:1–4“This is the thing that you shall do to them to make them holy, to minister to me in the priest’s office: take one young bull and two rams without defect,
- Num 8:21The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before Yahweh; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
- Eph 5:26–27that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
- Num 8:6–11“Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
- Jude 1:24Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,
- Lev 8:3and assemble all the congregation at the door of the Tent of Meeting.”
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Every sacrifice, every priest, and every day of atonement points beyond itself to the one perfect offering and the great High Priest who, by his own blood, makes the unclean holy once for all.
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