And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of
Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be (a) defiled for the dead
among his people:
(a) By touching the dead, lamenting, or being at their burial.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
[But] he shall not defile himself, [being] a (c) chief man among his
people, to profane himself.
(c) The priest was permitted to mourn for his next kindred only.... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall not take a wife [that is] a whore, or (d) profane; neither
shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he [is] holy
unto his God.
(d) Which has an evil name or is defamed.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt (e) sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the (f) bread
of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify
you, [am] holy.
(e) You shall count them holy and reverence them.
(f) The showbread.... [ 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 (g) uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
(g) He shall use no such ceremonies as the mourners observed.... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither shall he go out of the (h) sanctuary, nor profane the
sanctuary of his God; for the (i) crown of the anointing oil of his
God [is] upon him: I [am] the LORD.
(h) To go to the dead.
(i) For by his anointing he was preferred above the other priests and
therefore could not lament the dead, le... [ 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 (k) people to wife.
(k) Not only of his tribe, but of all Israel.... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither shall he profane his (l) seed among his people: for I the LORD
do sanctify him.
(l) By marrying any unchaste or defamed woman.... [ 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 (m) a flat nose, or any (n)
thing superfluous,
(m) Which is deformed or bruised.
(n) As not of equal proportion, or having in number more or less.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come
nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a
blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the (p) bread of his God.
(p) As the show bread, and meat offerings.... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall eat the bread of his God, [both] of the (q) most holy, and
(r) of the holy.
(q) As of sacrifice for sin.
(r) As of the tithes and first fruits.... [ Continue Reading ]
Only he shall not go in unto the (s) 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.
(s) Into the sanctuary.... [ Continue Reading ]