“And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put 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 blood of the trespass offering:”
The priest is to put some of the oil remaining in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the person being cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering. The oil is applied over the blood already on the ear, thumb, and big toe. The oil-over-blood application communicates the relationship between the atonement and the consecration: the blood (atonement) comes first; the oil (consecration/anointing) comes over it. Atonement precedes consecration in the restoration ceremony as it precedes consecration in every approach to God.
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