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Text -- Leviticus 21:7-24 (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 .
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 :
21:17 “Tell Aaron , ‘No man from your descendants throughout their generations who has a physical flaw is to approach to present the food of his God .
21:18 Certainly no man who has a physical flaw is to approach : a blind man , or one who is lame , or one with a slit nose , or a limb too long ,
21:19 or a man who has had a broken leg or arm ,
21:20 or a hunchback , or a dwarf , or one with a spot in his eye , or a festering eruption , or a feverish rash , or a crushed testicle .
21:21 No man from the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a physical flaw may step forward to present the Lord’s gifts ; he has a physical flaw , so he must not step forward to present the food of his God .
21:22 He may eat both the most holy and the holy food of his God ,
21:23 but he must not go into the veil-canopy or step forward to the altar because he has a physical flaw . Thus he must not profane my holy places , for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’”
21:24 So Moses spoke these things to Aaron , his sons , and all the Israelites .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Priest |
Hair |
LEVITICUS, 1 |
PRIESTS AND LEVITES |
Israel |
Sanctification |
Blemish |
PRIEST, HIGH |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Minister |
Uncleaess |
HIGH PLACES6813 PRIEST |
Mourning |
Marriage |
PUNISHMENTS |
Bread |
Fire |
NAZARITE |
EYES, DISEASES OF THE |
HARLOT |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Lev 21:7; Lev 21:7; Lev 21:7; Lev 21:7; Lev 21:8; Lev 21:9; Lev 21:10; Lev 21:10; Lev 21:10; Lev 21:11; Lev 21:12; Lev 21:13; Lev 21:14; Lev 21:14; Lev 21:15; Lev 21:17; Lev 21:17; Lev 21:18; Lev 21:18; Lev 21:19; Lev 21:20; Lev 21:20; Lev 21:20; Lev 21:21; Lev 21:23; Lev 21:23; Lev 21:24; Lev 21:24
NET Notes: Lev 21:7 The pronoun “he” in this clause refers to the priest, not the former husband of the divorced woman.
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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...
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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...
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NET Notes: Lev 21:11 Although the MT has “persons” (plural), the LXX and Syriac have the singular “person” corresponding to the singular adjectival...
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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...
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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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NET Notes: Lev 21:17 Heb “who in him is a flaw”; cf. KJV, ASV “any blemish”; NASB, NIV “a defect.” The rendering “physical flaw...
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NET Notes: Lev 21:18 Lexically, the Hebrew term חָרֻם (kharum) seems to refer to a split nose or perhaps any number of other facial defects (...
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NET Notes: Lev 21:19 Heb “who there is in him a broken leg or a broken arm,” or perhaps “broken foot or broken hand.” The Hebrew term רֶ...
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NET Notes: Lev 21:20 The exact meaning and medical reference of the terms rendered “festering eruption” and “feverish rash” is unknown, but see the...
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NET Notes: Lev 21:23 Heb “And.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative force here.
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