And he shall pour of the sextary of oil into his own left. hand,

And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into his, the priest's, left hand;

and the priest hath taken of the log of oil, and hath poured on the left palm of the priest,

And take some of the oil and put it in the hollow of his left hand;

And he shall send some of the twelfth hin of oil into his own left hand,

Accipiet praeterea sacerdos de sextario olei, et fundet in manum suam sinistram.

And the priest shall take some of the log of oil,.... With his right hand, as the Targum of Jonathan adds:
and pour it into the palm of his own left hand: but in the original text it is, "pour it into the palm of the priest's left hand": and it is a question, whether he or another priest is meant; according to Aben Ezra, the oil was to be poured into the hand of the priest that was cleansing the leper, and which, he thinks, is plain from what follows; but Gersom thinks it is better to understand it of another priest, since it is not said into his own hand, but into the hand of the priest; and the Misnah (u) is clear for it, he (the priest) takes of the log of oil and pours it into the palm of his fellow (priest), but if he pours it into his own palm it is sufficient.
(u) Ib. sect. 10. so Maimon. Mechosre Capharah, ut supra, (c. 4. sect. 2.) & Bartenora, in Misn. Negaim, ib.

The oil - As the blood signified Christ's blood by which men obtained remission of sins, so the oil noted the graces of the spirit by which they are renewed.