Leviticus 14:7

“And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, etc.] With the hyssop fastened to the cedar stick, with the scarlet wool or thread bound about it, dipped into the blood and water in the earthen vessel; to which the psalmist alludes, (<195107>Psalm 51:7); the Egyptians had a great notion of “hyssop”, as of a purifying nature, and therefore used to eat it with bread, to take off the strength of that f481: upon what part of the leper this sprinkling was made is not said; the Targum of Jonathan says, upon the house of his face, that is, upon the vail that was over his face: but in the Misnah f482 it is said to be on the back of his hand; and so Gersom, though…”

“Seven times - The seal of the covenant, expressed in the number seven (compare Leviticus 14:9), was renewed in sprinkling him who, during his leprosy, had lived as an outcast. The details of a restoration to health and freedom appear to be well expressed in the whole ceremony. Each of the birds represented the leper. They were to be of a clean kind, because they stood for one of the chosen race. The death-like state of the leper during his exclusion from the camp was expressed by killing one of the birds. The living bird was identified with the slain one by being dipped in his blood mixed with the spring water that figured the process of purification, while the cured leper was identified…”

“Into the open field - The place of its former abode, signifying the taking off that restraint which was laid upon the leper. Leviticus 14:8”

“14:7 Just as the goat released to Azazel symbolized the removal of sin from the community on the Day of Atonement (16:10, 20-22), the release of the live bird symbolized the removal of the individual’s uncleanness.”

“sprinkle: Num 19:18, Num 19:19; Isa 52:15; Eze 36:25; Joh 19:34; Heb 9:13, Heb 9:19, Heb 9:21; Heb 10:22, Heb 12:24; Pe1 1:2; Jo1 5:6 seven times: Lev 14:51, Lev 4:6, Lev 4:17, Lev 8:11, Lev 16:14, Lev 16:19; Kg2 5:10, Kg2 5:14; Psa 51:2, Psa 51:7; Eph 5:26, Eph 5:27 pronounce: Lev 13:13, Lev 13:17 let: Lev 16:22; Dan 9:24; Mic 7:19; Heb 9:26 into the open field: Heb. upon the face of the field Leviticus 14:8”