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Verse Leviticus 21:20. _CROOKED-BACKED_] Hunch-backed or gibbous. A
_dwarf_, דק dak, a person too _short_ or too _thin_, so as to be
either particularly observable, or ridiculous in his appearance.
_...
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He was not treated as an outcast, but enjoyed his privileges as a son
of Aaron, except in regard to active duties.
Leviticus 21:20
A DWARF - One who is small and wasted, either short, as in the text,...
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4. LAWS FOR THE PRIESTS
CHAPTER 21
_ 1. Laws concerning the person of the priests (Leviticus 21:1)_
2. Laws concerning their family (Leviticus 21:7)
3. Laws concerning the high priest (Levi
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LIST OF BODILY DEFECTS which prevent a priest from actually joining in
the priestly rites, though he is still supported by the dues. The
presence of a deformed or mutilated priest at the altar would d...
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BLEMISH IN HIS EYE. defective vision, or cataract....
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_a dwarf_ lit. thin, hence shrunk, withered.
_a blemish_ lit. a confusion, obscurity....
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_Physical disqualifications for a priest_...
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PRIESTS WITH BLEMISHES 21:16-24
TEXT 21:16-24
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And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
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Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed throughout their
generations that hath a blemish, le...
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_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_
Any blemish. Since visible things exert a strong influence on the
minds of men, any physical infirmity or malformation of body in the
ministers of religion, w...
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21:20 withered, (k-4) Or 'a dwarf.'...
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LAWS RELATING TO THE PRIESTHOOD AND SACRIFICE
The principle laid down in this and the following chapter is the far
reaching one, that whatever comes near or is presented to God must be
perfect of its...
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LEVITICUS
*WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS
LEVITICUS
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
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OR CROOKBACKT. — Rather, _or whose eyebrows cover his eyes._ This is
the sense given to this clause during the second Temple. Hence the
ancient Chaldee version of Jonathan translates it, “whose eyebro...
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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...
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The absolute necessity for the strictest of separation of the priest
from all possibility of defilement is vividly set forth in the laws
here enunciated. Standing as he ever did in a place of special...
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Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, (o) or that hath a blemish in his eye, or
be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
(o) Or that has a web or pearl....
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_Eyed. Hebrew dak, may denote "a dwarf." Syriac, or something very
thin, Exodus xvi. 14. --- Pearl, ( albuginem) whiteness. --- Rupture,
( herniosus). One perhaps troubled with the stone, (Menochius)...
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Here again nothing can be more clear and expressive than that these
things were all intended to represent him and his priesthood, who is
holy, harmless, undefiled, (and as the apostle speaks) a lamb w...
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We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering
of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in
His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21 AND 22.
Chapter 21 specially presents what becomes the priests as set apart
for Jehovah: this more intimate nearness supposed a conduct
corresponding with...
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OR CROOKBACKT,.... That has a protuberance, or bunch upon his back,
one that we commonly call "hunchbacked"; the Targums of Jonathan and
Jerusalem paraphrase it,
"whose eyebrows lying cover his eyes;...
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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; w...
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1 Of the Priests mourning.
6 Of their holinesse.
8 Of their estimation. 7.13 Of their Mariages.
16 The Priests that haue blemishes must not minister in the
Sanctuarie.
1 AND the LORD said vnto Mos...
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Wives of Priests; Blemishes...
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or crookbacked, one that has a hump, OR A DWARF, one that is
abnormally slender, OR THAT HATH A BLEMISH IN HIS EYE, that is, a
white spot conspicuous enough to draw attention, OR BE SCURVY,
affected w...
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SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF PRIESTS (VV. 1-15)
Since the priests were given the sacred privilege of drawing near to
God on behalf of the people, they were therefore more responsible as
regards their c...
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DWARF:
Or, too slender...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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LEVITICUS 22:1-33.
These Chapter s unfold, with great minuteness of detail, the divine
requirements in reference to those who were privileged to draw near as
priests to "offer the bread of their God....
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Leviticus 21:20 hunchback H1384 dwarf H1851 defect H8400 eye H5869
eczema H1618 scab H3217 eunuch H810 H4790
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NO BLEMISHED PERSON MAY BE A FULLY OFFICIATING PRIEST (LEVITICUS
21:16).
The reason for this requirement is to bring out that only what is
‘perfect' may directly enter the sanctuary of Yahweh, or serv...
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CONTENTS: Relationship and walk of the priests.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron and sons.
CONCLUSION: Those whose office it is to instruct in God's truth must
do it by example as well as precept.
KEY...
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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...
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_Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron._
SACRED RELATIONSHIP DEMANDS SANCTITY OF LIFE
If there is one fact more notably emphasised than another in this
address to priests, it is this: their--
I....
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LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 21:1__ Stricter rules of holiness are
required of priests because they work directly with the holy objects
of the sanctuary.
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LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 21:16 No priest who has a BLEMISH may
APPROACH to offer sacrifices. The same requirement applies to
sacrificial animals. Both the priest and the animal are to exemplify
hol...
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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...
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PART III. SECTION IV. THE UNCLEANNESS AND DISQUALIFICATION OF PRIESTS.
EXPOSITION
The two remaining chapters of this division of the book (Leviticus
21:1,...
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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...
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Deuteronomy 23:1...