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Leviticus 14:11

Atonement ProcessDay of Atonement (Judgment Phase)Christ as High PriestEarthly Sanctuary System
“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:”
9

But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

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And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.

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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:

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And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord:

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And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest’s, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy:

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Semantic Discovery
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This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

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Atonement Process

The verse describes a ritual of presentation for a man being made clean, but it does not explicitly mention sin, sacrifice, forgiveness, or reconciliation, which are core components of the "Atonement Process" theme.

Day of Atonement (Judgment Phase)

The verse describes a ritual for an individual's cleansing performed by a priest at the tabernacle door, which is distinct from the annual, community-wide ceremonies of the Day of Atonement. There is no mention of Yom Kippur, sanctuary cleansing, or the scapegoat ritual.

Christ as High Priest

This verse describes a specific ritual performed by a Levitical priest for a person being cleansed, and it makes no mention of a future high priest, a sacrifice, or any mediation beyond the immediate ritual. The text is solely focused on the mechanics of the Levitical cleansing process.

Earthly Sanctuary System

While the verse mentions the "tabernacle of the congregation," it primarily describes a ritual of presentation for a clean man, not the foundational structure or function of the sanctuary system itself.

Atonement Process
Atonement Process

Related Verses

Leviticus 14:23

“And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the Lord.”

Leviticus 16:7

“And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.”

Leviticus 15:14

“And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the Lord unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest:”

Exodus 29:11

“And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.”

Leviticus 14:20

“And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.”

Thematic Connections

Atonement ProcessDay of Atonement (Judgment Phase)Christ as High PriestEarthly Sanctuary System

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