Leviticus 22:1
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SPEAK UNTO AARON AND TO HIS SONS, THAT THEY SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM THE HOLY THINGS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND THAT THEY PROFANE NOT MY HOLY NAME IN THOSE THINGS WHICH THEY HALLOW UNTO ME: I AM THE LORD._ Separate themselves from the holy things. 'To separate' means, in the language of the Mo... [ Continue Reading ]
_SAY UNTO THEM, WHOSOEVER HE BE OF ALL YOUR SEED AMONG YOUR GENERATIONS, THAT GOETH UNTO THE HOLY THINGS, WHICH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HALLOW UNTO THE LORD, HAVING HIS UNCLEANNESS UPON HIM, THAT SOUL SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM MY PRESENCE: I AM THE LORD._ Whosoever he be ... that goeth unto the holy thi... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHAT MAN SOEVER OF THE SEED OF AARON IS A LEPER, OR HATH A RUNNING ISSUE; HE SHALL NOT EAT OF THE HOLY THINGS, UNTIL HE BE CLEAN. AND WHOSO TOUCHETH ANY THING THAT IS UNCLEAN BY THE DEAD, OR A MAN WHOSE SEED GOETH FROM HIM;_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SOUL WHICH HATH TOUCHED ANY SUCH SHALL BE UNCLEAN UNTIL EVEN, AND SHALL NOT EAT OF THE HOLY THINGS, UNLESS HE WASH HIS FLESH WITH WATER._ Shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water. The ablution did not restore him to privileges, but it was an indispensable prelimina... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THE SUN IS DOWN, HE SHALL BE CLEAN, AND SHALL AFTERWARD EAT OF THE HOLY THINGS; BECAUSE IT IS HIS FOOD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THERE SHALL NO STRANGER EAT OF THE HOLY THING: A SOJOURNER OF THE PRIEST, OR AN HIRED SERVANT, SHALL NOT EAT OF THE HOLY THING._ There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing. The portion of the sacrifices assigned for the support of the officiating priest was restricted to the exclusive use of hi... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT IF THE PRIEST BUY ANY SOUL WITH HIS MONEY, HE SHALL EAT OF IT, AND HE THAT IS BORN IN HIS HOUSE: THEY SHALL EAT OF HIS MEAT._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT IF THE PRIEST'S DAUGHTER BE A WIDOW, OR DIVORCED, AND HAVE NO CHILD, AND IS RETURNED UNTO HER FATHER'S HOUSE, AS IN HER YOUTH, SHE SHALL EAT OF HER FATHER'S MEAT: BUT THERE SHALL NO STRANGER EAT THEREOF._ There shall no stranger eat thereof. The interdict recorded, Leviticus 22:10, is repeated... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF A MAN EAT OF THE HOLY THING UNWITTINGLY, THEN HE SHALL PUT THE FIFTH PART THEREOF UNTO IT, AND SHALL GIVE IT UNTO THE PRIEST WITH THE HOLY THING._ Eat of the holy thing unwittingly. A common Israelite might unconsciously partake of what had been offered as tithes, first-fruits, etc.; and on... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY SHALL NOT PROFANE THE HOLY THINGS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, WHICH THEY OFFER UNTO THE LORD;_ They shall not profane. There is some difficulty felt in determining to whom "they" refers. The subject of the preceding context being occupied about the priests, it is supposed by some that this... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL OFFER AT YOUR OWN WILL A MALE WITHOUT BLEMISH, OF THE BEEVES, OF THE SHEEP, OR OF THE GOATS._ Ye shall offer at your own will - rather, to your being accepted. A MALE WITHOUT BLEMISH. This law (Leviticus 1:3) is founded on a sense of natural propriety; and hence, the reasonableness of G... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT WHATSOEVER HATH A BLEMISH, THAT SHALL YE NOT OFFER: FOR IT SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTABLE FOR YOU._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN A BULLOCK, OR A SHEEP, OR A GOAT, IS BROUGHT FORTH, THEN IT SHALL BE SEVEN DAYS UNDER THE DAM; AND FROM THE EIGHTH DAY AND THENCEFORTH IT SHALL BE ACCEPTED FOR AN OFFERING MADE BY FIRE UNTO THE LORD._ It shall be seven days under the dam. Animals were not considered perfect nor good for food... [ Continue Reading ]