Free group study handout
Leviticus 14: Group Study Handout
How to use: read Leviticus 14 aloud together, then take the questions in order. One page is enough for an evening.
Overview
Yahweh provides rules for the cleansing of a leper in the day of his cleansing (vv. 1-8). The leper must be brought to the priest for examination.
Key verse
“and the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meal offering on the altar. The priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.”
Leviticus 14:20 (WEB)
Outline
- Leviticus 14:1–8 Laws for Cleansing a Leper
- Leviticus 14:9–20 Ceremonial Cleansing Rituals
- Leviticus 14:21–32 Provision for the Poor
- Leviticus 14:33–48 Laws for Houses with Mildew
- Leviticus 14:49–53 Purification of the House
- Leviticus 14:54–57 Summary of Cleansing Laws
Discussion questions
- In v6, what does the priest do with the living bird after sprinkling the blood?
- In v4, what items does the priest command to be taken for cleansing?
- The phrase 'seven times' in v7: what does this repetition signify in the cleansing process?
- In v34, what does God mean by 'a spreading mildew' in a house?
- When has being declared 'clean' (v20) in a community made you feel restored?
Go deeper
Passages that echo Leviticus 14: Leviticus 13, Hebrews 9, Numbers 19.
Before next time: read Leviticus 15.