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 2:1,4There.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 44:20Am 8:10; Mic 1:16the 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 2:9profane.18:21; 19:12; Mal 1:6,11,12bread.3:11; Eze 44:7; Mal 1:7therefore.Isa 52:11 that is a whore.8; Eze 44:22; 1Ti 3:11put away.De 24:1-4; Isa 50:1
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