1. Leviticus 14:10 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is significant about the offering on the eighth day?

Leviticus 14:10 (ESV)

10 “And on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and a grain offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, and one log of oil.

On the eighth day, the healed person was required to appear in the tabernacle with various offerings: the guilt offering, the burnt offering, the purification offering, the grain offering. We see a pattern developing concerning the eighth day: it is a day of consecration in Israel. The eighth day was the day of circumcision (Genesis 17:12); the day on which the priesthood was consecrated (Leviticus 8:33); the climax of the Feast of Booths (Leviticus 23:33–36). On this occasion, the eighth day marks the time when the Israelite was restored to full fellowship as a covenant member.