Leviticus 14:15-16

14:15 The priest will then take some of the log of olive oil and pour it into his own left hand. ¹  14:16 Then the priest is to dip his right forefinger into the olive oil ²  that is in his left hand, and sprinkle some of the olive oil with his finger seven times before the Lord.

[14:15]  ¹ tn Heb “And the priest…shall pour on the left hand of the priest.” As the Rabbis observe, the repetition of “priest” as the expressed subject of both verbs in this verse may suggest that two priests were involved in this ritual (see m. Nega’im 14:8, referred to by J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:852), but the seemingly unnecessary repetition of “priest” in several verses throughout the chapter argues against this (see esp. vv. 3, 14, 18, 20, 24, and 26). Moreover, in this case, “priest” may be repeated to avoid confusing the priest’s hand with that of the one being cleansed (cf. v. 14).

[14:16]  ² tn Heb “his right finger from the oil.”