Whilst the textual order of elements differ, the procedures for priestly ordination, reinstatement of a restored ‘leper’, and Nazirite consecration show sufficient similarities to suggest that they all served an ordination function, though none gives a complete picture of that process.
* After washing on the seventh day there was another seven-day wait for consistency with the ordination procedure.
** As the Nazirite had done nothing to attract guilt, the lamb could become a peace offering.