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Text -- Leviticus 21:1-16 (NET)

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Rules for the Priests
21:1 The Lord said to Moses: “Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron– say to them, ‘For a dead person no priest is to defile himself among his people, 21:2 except for his close relative who is near to him: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother, 21:3 and his virgin sister who is near to him, who has no husband; he may defile himself for her. 21:4 He must not defile himself as a husband among his people so as to profane himself. 21:5 Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body. 21:6 “‘They must be holy to their God, and they must not profane the name of their God, because they are the ones who present the Lord’s gifts, the food of their God. Therefore they must be holy. 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. 21:8 You must sanctify him because he presents the food of your God. He must be holy to you because I, the Lord who sanctifies you all, am holy. 21:9 If a daughter of a priest profanes herself by engaging in prostitution, she is profaning her father. She must be burned to death.
Rules for the High Priest
21:10 “‘The high priest– who is greater than his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments– must neither dishevel the hair of his head nor tear his garments. 21:11 He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother. 21:12 He must not go out from the sanctuary and must not profane the sanctuary of his God, because the dedication of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the Lord. 21:13 He must take a wife who is a virgin. 21:14 He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one profaned by prostitution; he may only take a virgin from his people as a wife. 21:15 He must not profane his children among his people, for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.’”
Rules for the Priesthood
21:16 The Lord spoke to Moses:
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Aaron a son of Amram; brother of Moses,son of Amram (Kohath Levi); patriarch of Israel's priests,the clan or priestly line founded by Aaron
 · Moses a son of Amram; the Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them The Law of Moses,a Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them the law


Dictionary Themes and Topics: HAIR | LEVITICUS, 1 | PRIESTS AND LEVITES | Israel | Sanctification | Priest | Uncleaess | Mourning | Minister | LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT | Purification | Marriage | PRIEST, HIGH | CORPSE | NAZARITE | Fire | Beard | HARLOT | PUNISHMENTS | PROFANE | more
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NET Notes: Lev 21:1 The MT has “in his peoples,” but Smr, LXX, Syriac, Targum, and Tg. Ps.-J. have “in his people,” referring to the Israelites as...

NET Notes: Lev 21:2 Heb “except for his flesh, the one near to him.”

NET Notes: Lev 21:3 Cf. v. 2a.

NET Notes: Lev 21:4 Heb “He shall not defile himself a husband in his peoples, to profane himself.” The meaning of the line is disputed, but it appears to pro...

NET Notes: Lev 21:5 Heb “and in their body they shall not [cut] slash[es]” (cf. Lev 19:28). The context connects these sorts of mutilations with mourning rite...

NET Notes: Lev 21:6 Smr and all early versions have the plural adjective “holy” rather than the MT singular noun “holiness.”

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

NET Notes: Lev 21:8 The three previous second person references in this verse are all singular, but this reference is plural. By adding “all” this grammatical...

NET Notes: Lev 21:9 See the note on “burned to death” in 20:14.

NET Notes: Lev 21:10 Regarding these signs of mourning see the note on Lev 10:6. His head had been anointed (v. 10a) so it must not be unkempt (v. 10b), and his garments w...

NET Notes: Lev 21:11 Although the MT has “persons” (plural), the LXX and Syriac have the singular “person” corresponding to the singular adjectival...

NET Notes: Lev 21:12 Regarding “profane,” see the note on Lev 10:10 above.

NET Notes: Lev 21:13 Heb “And he, a wife in her virginity he shall take.”

NET Notes: Lev 21:14 The MT has literally, “from his peoples,” but Smr, LXX, Syriac, Targum, and Tg. Ps.-J. have “from his people,” referring to th...

NET Notes: Lev 21:15 The MT has literally, “in his peoples,” but Smr, LXX, Syriac, Targum, and Tg. Ps.-J. have “in his people,” referring to the Is...

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