Levítico 21:21

21 "Ningún hombre de la descendencia del sacerdote Aarón que tenga defecto se acercará para ofrecer las ofrendas encendidas del SEÑOR; porque tiene defecto no se acercará para ofrecer el alimento de su Dios.

Levítico 21:21 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 21:21

No man that hath a blemish, of the seed of Aaron the priest,
&c.] Whether an high priest or a common priest that lies on him anyone of the above blemishes; and which the Jewish writers F6 make to amount to the number of one hundred and forty, and which they reckon, so many in one part of the booty and so many in another, till they make up the said number; and whoever had any might not

come nigh to offer up the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire;
the burnt offerings on the altar, to which he might not approach, and the meat offerings, and the fat, and the incense:

he hath a blemish;
in one part of him or another; and though but one,

he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God:
this is repeated for the confirmation of it, and to show how determined the Lord was in this matter; and how much he should resent it in any that should be found guilty of the breach of those rules, and so it is designed to deter from attempting: it.


FOOTNOTES:

F6 Maimon. Biath Hamikdash, c. 8. sect. 17.

Levítico 21:21 In-Context

19 ni hombre que tenga pie quebrado o mano quebrada,
20 ni jorobado, ni enano, ni uno que tenga defecto en un ojo, o sarna, o postillas, ni castrado.
21 "Ningún hombre de la descendencia del sacerdote Aarón que tenga defecto se acercará para ofrecer las ofrendas encendidas del SEÑOR; porque tiene defecto no se acercará para ofrecer el alimento de su Dios.
22 "Podrá comer el alimento de su Dios, tanto de las cosas santísimas como de las sagradas,
23 sólo que no ha de entrar hasta el velo o acercarse al altar, porque tiene defecto, para que no profane mis santuarios; porque yo soy el SEÑOR que los santifico."
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