Lev 22:1-16 | TSK

‏ Leviticus 22:1-16

that they profane not This is the very ground of the prohibition, that they might preserve in their minds a holy reverence for the Divine Majesty. Hence when they approached unto him, they must be free from every legal impurity. If great men are to be approached with respect, how much more must Jehovah be approached with holy reverence! Lev 22:32, Lev 18:21, Lev 19:12, Lev 20:3, Lev 21:6

hallow Exod 13:12, Exod 28:38; Num 18:32; Deut 15:19

having his uncleanness upon him That is, in other words, "when he is unclean." Lev 7:20-21

that soul That is, according to some, thrust out of the priest's office, or from officiating at the altar; or, according to others, cut off by some immediate stroke of divine justice, like Nadab and Abihu.

from my Exod 33:14-15; Ps 16:11, Ps 51:11; Matt 25:41; 2Thess 1:9

the seed These words include the daughters as well as the sons of Aaron.

a leper Lev 13:2-3, Lev 13:44-46

running issue Heb. running of the reins, Lev 15:2-3

holy things Lev 2:3, Lev 2:10, Lev 6:25-29, Lev 21:22; Num 18:9, Num 18:19

until Lev 14:2-32, Lev 15:13-15

unclean Lev 21:1; Num 19:11-16

whose Lev 15:16

whosoever Lev 11:24, Lev 11:43-44

or a man Lev 15:7, Lev 15:19

Lev 11:24-25, Lev 15:5, Lev 16:24-28; Num 19:7-10; Hag 2:13; 1Cor 6:11; Heb 10:22

Lev 21:22; Num 18:11-19; Deut 18:3-4; 1Cor 9:4, 1Cor 9:13-14

Lev 17:15; Exod 22:31; Deut 14:21; Ezek 44:31

bear sin for it That is, be punished if he break it. Lev 10:1-2, Lev 16:2; Exod 28:43; Num 18:22, Num 18:32

The word zar, a stranger, does not mean one of another nation, a foreigner, which is expressed by hechar, but one who is not of the seed of Aaron, or does not belong to his family. 1Sam 21:6; Matt 12:4

his money Heb. the purchase of his money, Gen 17:13; Num 18:11-13

a stranger Heb. a man

a stranger Lev 21:3; Isa 40:13 *marg.

returned unto her father's house A widow in Bengal not unfrequently returns to her father's house on the death of her husband. The union between her and her own family is never so dissolved as among European nations. Gen 38:11

as in her Lev 10:14; Num 18:11-19

Lev 5:15-19, Lev 27:13, Lev 27:15

Lev 22:9, Lev 19:8; Num 18:32; Ezek 22:26

suffer them to bear the iniquity of the trespass, or, lade themselves with the iniquity of trespass in their eating, bear. Lev 7:18; Ps 38:4; Isa 53:11-12; 1Pet 2:24

for I Lev 22:9, Lev 20:8