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Leviticus 21:3

The same six cases are enumerated in Ezekiel 44:25. The non-mention of a wife is not easily accounted for. Was it that this exception would be self-evident? This seems probable from Ezekiel 24:15 ff., which appears from its prohibition to assume that a priest would mourn for his wife.

that is near unto him that is not yet, as the following words shew, transferred by marriage to another family.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ לַ אֲחֹתֹ֤ו הַ בְּתוּלָה֙ הַ קְּרֹובָ֣ה

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE LAW OF PRIESTLY HOLINESS Leviticus 21:1; Leviticus 22:1 THE conception of Israel as a kingdom of priests, a holy nation, was concretely represented in a threefold division of the people, -the con...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And for his sister a (b) virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. (b) For being married she seemed to be cut off from his family....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Sister, of the same parents. (Vatable) --- Husband; for if she have, he ought to bury his wife, and to mourn for her. To be deprived of these advantages, was then esteemed a great misfortune._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The nearest of kin in natural ties is not so near as spiritual. There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    and for his sister, a virgin, as long as she is unmarried, THAT IS NIGH UNTO HIM, WHICH HATH HAD NO HUSBAND; FOR HER MAY HE BE DEFILED. After her marriage she belonged to her husband's family, and the...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Their Outward Appearance and Relations....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    FOR HIS SISTER, either by father or mother. NIGH UNTO HIM, i.e. by nearness, not of relation, (for that might seem a needless addition,) but of habitation, i.e. one not yet cut off from the family, as...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Leviticus 21:4. _A chief man._ In some versions the Hebrew word _baal_ is rendered king, lord, and husband; and the LXX read, he shall not “lightly” defile himself. Leviticus 21:7. _He shall not take...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    Purity of the Priesthood SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 21:1.—Speak unto the priests … there shall none be defiled. If it was important that the whole community of Israel should maintain ceremonial an...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    PART III. SECTION IV. THE UNCLEANNESS AND DISQUALIFICATION OF PRIESTS. EXPOSITION The two remaining chapters of this division of the book (Leviticus 21:1,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn now to Leviticus, chapter twenty-one? As we have often told you, a priest had a two-fold function. First he was to stand before God representing the people, bringing their offerings befo...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    That is nigh him — That is, by nearness not of relation, (for that might seem a needless addition) but of habitation, one not yet cut off from the family. For if she was married, she was now of anothe...

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