Leviticus 22:2-3

3-6; 15:31; Nu 6:3-8

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!

32; 18:21; 19:12; 20:3; 21:6

hallow.

Ex 13:12; 28:38; Nu 18:32; De 15:19

having his uncleanness upon him.That is, in other words, "when he is unclean."

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.

Ex 33:14,15; Ps 16:11; 51:11; Mt 25:41; 2Th 1:9

Leviticus 22:11-13

his money. Heb. the purchase of his money.

Ge 17:13; Nu 18:11-13

a stranger. Heb. a man, a stranger.

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.

Ge 38:11

as in her.

10:14; Nu 18:11-19
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