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Text -- Leviticus 21:7 (NET)

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21:7 They must not take a wife defiled by prostitution, nor are they to take a wife divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
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Wesley: Lev 21:7 - -- Or defiled, or deflowered, though it were done secretly, or by force: because the priest must take care that all the members of his family be free not...

Or defiled, or deflowered, though it were done secretly, or by force: because the priest must take care that all the members of his family be free not only from gross wickedness, but from all suspicions of evil.

JFB: Lev 21:7-9 - -- Private individuals might form several connections, which were forbidden as inexpedient or improper in priests. The respectability of their office, an...

Private individuals might form several connections, which were forbidden as inexpedient or improper in priests. The respectability of their office, and the honor of religion, required unblemished sanctity in their families as well as themselves, and departures from it in their case were visited with severer punishment than in that of others.

Clarke: Lev 21:7 - -- That is a whore - A prostitute, though even reclaimed

That is a whore - A prostitute, though even reclaimed

Clarke: Lev 21:7 - -- Profane - A heathen, or one who is not a cordial believer in the true God. Put away from her husband - Because this very circumstance might lead to ...

Profane - A heathen, or one who is not a cordial believer in the true God. Put away from her husband - Because this very circumstance might lead to suspicion that the priest and the divorced woman might have been improperly connected before.

TSK: Lev 21:7 - -- that is a whore : Lev 21:8; Eze 44:22; 1Ti 3:11 put away : Deu 24:1-4; Isa 50:1

that is a whore : Lev 21:8; Eze 44:22; 1Ti 3:11

put away : Deu 24:1-4; Isa 50:1

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Lev 21:7 - -- Profane - A woman who has been seduced, or one of illegitimate birth. A somewhat stricter rule for the priests’ marriages was revealed to...

Profane - A woman who has been seduced, or one of illegitimate birth. A somewhat stricter rule for the priests’ marriages was revealed to the prophet in later times, Eze 44:22.

Poole: Lev 21:7 - -- Or profane or defiled , or defloured , though it were done secretly, or by accident, or by force; because the priest must take care that all the me...

Or profane or defiled , or defloured , though it were done secretly, or by accident, or by force; because the priest must take care that all the members of his family be free not only from gross wickedness, but from all suspicion of evil, and occasions of reproach or contempt, because this would reflect upon himself, and upon his God and religion also. The word may denote one defloured by any person, though it were by her husband; or a widow, because not only the high priest was obliged to marry a virgin, Lev 21:13 , but also the inferior priests, as appears from Eze 44:22 , and that is either signified by this word, or by none other here. It is true, a widow , and a profane person, are distinguished, Lev 21:14 ; but the same word may be, and oft is, taken in differing senses, both more largely and more strictly, in the same chapter. And there was some reason why it should be more expressly and distinctly set down there, a widow, or one profane or defloured otherwise, because there was the more need of caution in the high priest, and therefore the widow is particularly mentioned, which in the former case might be sufficiently comprehended under a general title.

A woman put away from her husband though not for adultery, but for light causes, and by the husband’ s fault, because though the woman might he wholly innocent and free, yet it would leave some blemish upon her.

Haydock: Lev 21:7 - -- Vile, (ver. 14,) defiled, ( sordidam ). Hebrew chalala, "a profane woman," (Pagnin) or one of ill-fame; as captives, inn-keepers, are generally ...

Vile, (ver. 14,) defiled, ( sordidam ). Hebrew chalala, "a profane woman," (Pagnin) or one of ill-fame; as captives, inn-keepers, are generally esteemed. Zone, means a common prostitute. (Josephus, [Antiquities?] iii. 3.) None of these fit matches for the priests.

Gill: Lev 21:7 - -- They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane,.... By the former is meant a common whore, that prostitutes herself to any one through lust o...

They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane,.... By the former is meant a common whore, that prostitutes herself to any one through lust or for gain; and by the latter one whose chastity is violated, but either unwillingly, that has been forced and ravished, or else willingly, being enticed, persuaded, and prevailed upon, but did not make a practice of it; this seems to be the true sense of the words: but the Jewish writers understand them differently; by a "whore" they suppose is meant one that is not an Israelitish woman, that is not born of an Israelite, at least of an Israelitish woman, as proselytes or freed persons; for they say there are no whores but such, or one that lies with such persons, she may not marry with; as such as are guilty of cutting off, or any of the Nethinim, or spurious persons, so Jarchi; and by a "profane" person they think is meant such as are born of those that are rejected, as the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it; that is, that are either born of incestuous marriages, such as are forbidden, Lev 18:1; or that are born of those that are rejected in the priesthood, or whom a priest might not marry, as the daughter of a widow, by the high priest, or the daughter of one divorced, by a common priest, which is the sense of Jarchi:

neither shall they take a woman put away by her husband: which was, in these and later times, common for any offence, when the crime of adultery was not pretended; but this always supposed something bad or amiss, and made such a woman suspected of having done an unseemly thing, therefore priests were forbidden marrying such persons: the Targum of Jonathan adds,"or by her husband's brother;''and so takes in one that has loosed the shoe, as the Jews call her, who being left without issue, her husband's brother refused to marry her, and therefore she plucked off his shoe, and spit in his face, see Deu 25:7; such an one a priest might not marry, according to this paraphrast, and other Jewish writers, and if he did was to be beaten a:

for he is holy unto his God; separated from common persons, and devoted to the service of God, and therefore not to be defiled with such sort of women, or to lie under any scandal or reproach through such, marriages.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Lev 21:7 The pronoun “he” in this clause refers to the priest, not the former husband of the divorced woman.

Geneva Bible: Lev 21:7 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 G...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Lev 21:1-24 - --1 Of the priests' mourning.6 Of their holiness.7 Of their marriages.8 Of their estimation.9 Of the priest's daughter convicted of whoredom.10 Of the h...

MHCC: Lev 21:1-24 - --As these priests were types of Christ, so all ministers must be followers of him, that their example may teach others to imitate the Saviour. Without ...

Matthew Henry: Lev 21:1-9 - -- It was before appointed that the priests should teach the people the statutes God had given concerning the difference between clean and unclean, L...

Keil-Delitzsch: Lev 21:7-9 - -- Their marriage and their domestic life were also to be in keeping with their holy calling. They were not to marry a whore (i.e., a public prostitute...

Constable: Lev 17:1--27:34 - --II. The private worship of the Israelites chs. 17--27 The second major division of Leviticus deals with how the ...

Constable: Lev 21:1--22:33 - --B. Holiness of the priests, gifts, and sacrifices chs. 21-22 All the people were to maintain holiness be...

Constable: Lev 21:1-15 - --1. The first list of regulations for priests 21:1-15 "The list has a brief introduction (v. 1) and ends with the introduction to the next list (v. 16)...

Guzik: Lev 21:1-24 - --Leviticus 21 - Specific Instructions for the Priests A. Laws for priests in general. 1. (1-4) Priests are forbidden from touching dead bodies. And...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Leviticus (Book Introduction) LEVITICUS. So called from its treating of the laws relating to the ritual, the services, and sacrifices of the Jewish religion, the superintendence of...

JFB: Leviticus (Outline) BURNT OFFERINGS OF THE HERD. (Lev. 1:1-17) THE MEAT OFFERINGS. (Lev. 2:1-16) THE PEACE OFFERING OF THE HERD. (Lev. 3:1-17) SIN OFFERING OF IGNORANCE....

TSK: Leviticus (Book Introduction) Leviticus is a most interesting and important book; a book containing a code of sacrificial, ceremonial, civil, and judicial laws, which, for the puri...

TSK: Leviticus 21 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Lev 21:1, Of the priests’ mourning; Lev 21:6, Of their holiness; Lev 21:7, Of their marriages; Lev 21:8, Of their estimation; Lev 21:9,...

Poole: Leviticus (Book Introduction) THIRD BOOK OF MOSES CALLED LEVITICUS THE ARGUMENT This Book, containing the actions of about one month’ s space, acquainteth us with the Lev...

Poole: Leviticus 21 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 21 Priests must not defile themselves, in mourning over the dead: cases excepted, Lev 21:1-6 . Nor marry with a whore, profane, or divorced...

MHCC: Leviticus (Book Introduction) God ordained divers kinds of oblations and sacrifices, to assure his people of the forgiveness of their offences, if they offered them in true faith a...

MHCC: Leviticus 21 (Chapter Introduction) Laws concerning the priests.

Matthew Henry: Leviticus (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Third Book of Moses, Called Leviticus There is nothing historical in all this book of Leviticus exc...

Matthew Henry: Leviticus 21 (Chapter Introduction) This chapter might borrow its title from Mal 2:1, " And now, O you priests, this commandment is for you." It is a law obliging priests with the ut...

Constable: Leviticus (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The Hebrews derived the title of this book from the first word in i...

Constable: Leviticus (Outline) Outline "At first sight the book of Leviticus might appear to be a haphazard, even repetitious arrangement of en...

Constable: Leviticus Leviticus Bibliography Aharoni, Yohanan, and Michael Avi-Yonah. The Macmillan Bible Atlas. Revised ed. New York...

Haydock: Leviticus (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION. The Book is called Leviticus : because it treats of the offices, ministries, rites and ceremonies of the Priests and Levites. The H...

Gill: Leviticus (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS This book is commonly called by the Jews Vajikra, from the first word with which it begins, and sometimes תורת כהנ...

Gill: Leviticus 21 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 21 This chapter respects the priests, the sons of Aaron, and forbids their mourning for the dead, unless in some cases, L...

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