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off of all the hair which has been associated with the disease (see Lev. 13:), and
II Cor. 7: 1 is a commentary upon the type:--
"Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness
in the fear of God."
To this same Corinthian church the apostle had already written:--
"But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord
Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God" (I Cor. 6: 11).
The same sequence is the same as in Lev. 14::--
I and II Cor.
Lev. 14:
"Ye are washed."
"Pronounced clean."
"Let us cleanse ourselves."
"He shall wash himself."
Another precious parallel is found in John 13: 10 where a due consideration of the
two words translated "wash" is most helpful:--
"He that hath been bathed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit."
The eighth day.
The washing and shaving is repeated on the seventh day after the admission back into
camp, and the word then goes forth, and he shall be clean. With the eighth day, however,
we seem to start all over again. We read now of "the priest that maketh him clean", and
"the man that is to be cleansed". The man is now "presented" at the door of the
tabernacle, and full acceptance, conscious access, real service is in view, and for that a
further preparation is necessary.  In other articles we have shown that redemption
(exodus) and atonement (eisodus) are complementary. The former is set forth by the two
birds, with never a word about trespass, sin or acceptance, and the latter is set forth by the
full fourfold offering--trespass, sin, meal and burnt offering--fully set out in Lev. 1:-7:,
and analysed with some care in other articles of this magazine. In this cleansing, the
whole man is not sprinkled, but three representative members are touched, first with the
blood and then with the oil. The right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the great toe
of the right foot. This is a symbol full of service. The servant must hearken in order to
obey, and then hand and foot are engaged in loving obedience. All this takes place on
"the eighth day", the day of circumcision, which finds its exposition in Phil. 3: and
Col. 2::--
"We are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus,
and have no confidence in the flesh" (Phil. 3: 3).
"In Whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in
putting off the body of the flesh (R.V.) by the circumcision of Christ" (Col. 2: 11).