And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: Ver. 1. _There shall none be defiled for the dead._] This holy abstinence of the priests in matter of mourning, marriage, &c., figured the transcende... [ Continue Reading ]
But for his kin, that is near unto him, [that is], for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, Ver. 2. _And for his brother._] The high priest might not for any of these, Lev 21:10-11 nor might Eleazar and Ithamar for their dead brethren Nadab and... [ Continue Reading ]
And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. Ver. 3. _And for his sister._] What! and not for his wife? Yes surely, though she be not mentioned, because she is nearer than either daughter or sister. See Ezekiel 24:16. He was a priest, but... [ Continue Reading ]
Leviticus 21:4 [But] he shall not defile himself, [being] a chief man among his people, to profane himself. Ver. 4. _Being a chief man._] A _vir gregis; _ all whose actions were exemplary, and have not an impulsive only, but a compulsive power and property. "Why compellest thou the Gentiles?" Gal 2... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. Ver. 5. _They shall not make baldness, &c._] So Leviticus 19:27. Howbeit in humiliation for sin the Lord God of hosts called them all, both priests and people,... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, [and] the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy. Ver. 6. _They shall be holy._] Heb., Holiness, _i.e._ all holy, even as holiness itself, merely spiritual.... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall not take a wife [that is] a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he [is] holy unto his God. Ver. 7. _They shall not take a wife._] Lest their function be disgraced. That which Hosea was commanded to do against this prohibition Hos 1:2 was but... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, [am] holy. Ver. 8. _Thou shalt sanctify him._] _i.e., _ Thou, Moses, shalt command him to be sanctified, as Exodus 19:10 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire. Ver. 9. _She shall be burnt with fire._] A peculiar plague, to show the hatefulness of the sin.... [ Continue Reading ]
And [he that is] the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; Ver. 10. _Shall not uncover his head._] So neither doth the Mufti among the Turks, nor the Pope of Rom... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; Ver. 11. _Nor defile himself._] But appear impassionate, as it were, and more than a man.... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God [is] upon him: I [am] the LORD. Ver. 12. _For the crown of the anointing._] Noting thereby that Christ, now risen, is crowned with glory and honour; Heb 2:7 Zec 6:12 and so... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall take a wife in her virginity. Ver. 13. _In her virginity._] Such is Christ's wife, 2Co 11:1-33 _: _ 2Ki 14:4 Mat 25:1-13 not giving her love, or his worship to any other.... [ Continue Reading ]
A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, [or] an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife. Ver. 14. _Of his own people._] A Jewess of any tribe. Eze 44:22 2Ch 22:11... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him. Ver. 15. _Profane his seed._] Disable them for the priesthood by marrying such a wife as was forbidden him.... [ Continue Reading ]
Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever [he be] of thy seed in their generations that hath [any] blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. Ver. 17. _That hath any blemish._] Christ was without blemish: so should all the saints be, but especially ministers, of whom it should be said a... [ Continue Reading ]
For whatsoever man [he be] that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, Ver. 18. _He shall not approach._] Lest his ministry be slighted for his personal defects and deformities: how much more for his ignorance, envy, ind... [ Continue Reading ]
Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, Ver. 19. _Or broken handed._] In the hands, the Hebrews say, there might be seven blemishes.... [ Continue Reading ]
Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; Ver. 20. _A blemish in his eye._] By a mixture of the humours there, or otherwise; when that little man _a_ in the eye, as the Hebrews call the apple thereof, acteth not his part arigh... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall eat the bread of his God, [both] of the most holy, and of the holy. Ver. 22. _He shall eat the bread._] So might not the unclean priests. Lev 22:3 Our involuntary weaknesses shall not debar us from benefit by Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them. Ver. 23. _For I the Lord do sanctify them._] By my presence, and services there performed.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses told [it] unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel. Ver. 24. _And to all the children of Israel._] Who were to see that these things were thus done.... [ Continue Reading ]