Leviticus 21:1-7

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 high priest's holiness.

13 Of his marriage.

16 The priests that have blemishes must not minister in the sanctuary.

Speak.

Ho 5:1; Mal 2:1,4

There.

11; 10:6,7; Nu 19:14,16; Eze 44:25

18:6; 1Th 4:13

3

or, the verse may be read, being an husband among his people,he shall not defile himself for his wife, etc.

Eze 24:16,17

not make baldness.This custom is also called rounding the corners of the head, (ch. 19:27,) and seems to have been performed in honour of some idol.

10:6; 19:27,28; De 14:1; Isa 15:2; 22:12; Jer 16:6; 48:37; Eze 44:20

Am 8:10; Mic 1:16

the corner.The Hebrew {peath zakon}, may denote the whiskers; as the Syriac {phatho} signifies. These are by the Arabs, according to Niebuhr, still cut entirely off, or worn quite short; and hence they are called by Jeremiah, [qtswtsy p'h,] those with cropped whiskers. Perhaps some superstition, of which we are ignorant, was connected with this; but whether or not, it was the object of Moses to keep the Israelites distinct from other nations.

holy.

8; 10:3; Ex 28:36; 29:44; Ezr 8:28; 1Pe 2:9

profane.

18:21; 19:12; Mal 1:6,11,12

bread.

3:11; Eze 44:7; Mal 1:7

therefore.

Isa 52:11

that is a whore.

8; Eze 44:22; 1Ti 3:11

put away.

De 24:1-4; Isa 50:1
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