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Leviticus 14:31

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Leviticus 14:31 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, with the meal-offering: and the priest shall make atonement for him that is to be cleansed before Jehovah.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, with the meal-offering: and the priest shall make atonement for him that is to be cleansed before Jehovah.
Leviticus 14:31 — American Standard Version

Context — Leviticus 14

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
28and the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass-offering:
29and the rest of the oil that is in the priest`s hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before Jehovah.
30And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as he is able to get,
31even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, with the meal-offering: and the priest shall make atonement for him that is to be cleansed before Jehovah.
32This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to get [that which pertaineth] to his cleansing.
33And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
34When ye are come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“[Even] such as he is able to get, the one [for] a sin offering, etc.] (See Gill on “<031422>Leviticus 14:22”).”
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