Chapter 96 of 1163

LEVITICUS 14

This ceremony of restoration for the healed leper pictures our Lord’s work of redemption. Jesus went outside the camp to meet us and to die for us (Luke 19:10; Heb. 13:10–13). He identified Himself with the outcasts (Matt. 9:10–13)! Whatever is infected with leprosy is fit for the fire (13:52), but He rescued us.

Birds don’t belong in clay jars; they ought to be flying in the heavens. This is a picture of our Lord’s incarnation, when He took upon Himself a human body that He might die for our sins. Their turning the living bird loose pictured His resurrection from the dead. The former leper was treated like a priest! (Compare vv. 14–20 with Lev. 8:22–24.) God has made us “kings and priests” through the blood of Christ (Rev. 1:6). Hallelujah, what a Savior!

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