Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 21

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Leviticus 21 . 1 , Of the priests’ mourning; Leviticus 21 . 6 , Of their holiness; Leviticus 21 . 7 , Of their marriages; Leviticus 21 . 8 , Of their estimation; Leviticus 21 . 9 , Of the priest’s daughter convicted of whoredom; Leviticus 21 . 10 , Of the high priest’s holiness; Leviticus 21 . 13 , Of his marriage; Leviticus 21 . 16 , The priests that have blemishes must not minister in the sanctuary.

Leviticus 21:1

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Speak to Aaron's sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,

Leviticus 21:1 · BSB

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Leviticus 21:2

except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,

Leviticus 21:2 · BSB

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Leviticus 21:3

or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.

Leviticus 21:3 · BSB

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Leviticus 21:4

He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.

Leviticus 21:4 · BSB

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Or , the #### Verse may be read , being an husband among his people , he shall not defile himself for his wife , etc

Leviticus 21:5

Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.

Leviticus 21:5 · BSB

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This custom is also called rounding the corners of the head

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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 , קצוצי פאה , 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.

Leviticus 21:6

They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be holy.

Leviticus 21:6 · BSB

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Leviticus 21:7

A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

Leviticus 21:7 · BSB

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Leviticus 21:8

You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.

Leviticus 21:8 · BSB

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Leviticus 21:9

If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.

Leviticus 21:9 · BSB

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Leviticus 21:10

The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.

Leviticus 21:10 · BSB

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  • Leviticus 10:6
  • Leviticus 10:7
  • Leviticus 13:45
  • 2 Samuel 15:30
  • Esther 6:12 not rend
  • Genesis 37:34
  • Job 1:20
  • Matthew 26:65 All human corpses were considered as unclean. Whoever touched one was unclean for seven days , and was obliged on the third and seventh day to purify himself according to the Mosaic instructions. In the case of the priest it went still farther; insomuch , that even mourning for the dead by any external sign , such as tearing their clothes , defiled them. Hence such mournings were absolutely forbidden to be used in any case , and by the other priests also , except in the case of their very nearest relations , for whom they were allowed to mourn. This statue is founded on the importance of sustaining the decency and purity of Divine worship. The servants of the Deity were to keep themselves at a distance from every thing that in the least degree savoured of uncleanness

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Leviticus 21:11

He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.

Leviticus 21:11 · BSB

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Leviticus 21:12

He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 21:12 · BSB

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Leviticus 21:13

The woman he marries must be a virgin.

Leviticus 21:13 · BSB

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Leviticus 21:14

He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

Leviticus 21:14 · BSB

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Leviticus 21:15

so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him."

Leviticus 21:15 · BSB

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Leviticus 21:17

“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.

Leviticus 21:17 · BSB

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or , food

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Leviticus 21:18

No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;

Leviticus 21:18 · BSB

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Leviticus 21:20

or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.

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a dwarf or , too slender

Leviticus 21:21

No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.

Leviticus 21:21 · BSB

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a blemish In the above list of blemishes , we meet with some that might render the priest contemptible in the eyes of men; and others that would be very great impediments in the discharge of his ministerial duties.

Leviticus 21:22

He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,

Leviticus 21:22 · BSB

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Leviticus 21:23

but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”

Leviticus 21:23 · BSB

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Leviticus 21:24

Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

Leviticus 21:24 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web9 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Ezekiel 44:20 → Leviticus 21:5, Ezekiel 44:22 → Leviticus 21:13, Ezekiel 44:22 → Leviticus 21:13-15, Ezekiel 44:22 → Leviticus 21:7, Ezekiel 44:24 → Leviticus 21:1, Ezekiel 44:24-27 → Leviticus 21:1-3
Trajectories
High Priest Seated at the Right Hand (Christ's Royal-Priestly Session)
Chiasms
Shaped Leviticus 21:16–24, Leviticus 21:6–8
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