Leviticus 21:12-22

12 nor leave the sanctuary of his God or desecrate it, because he has been dedicated by the anointing oil of his God. I am the LORD.

13 “ ‘The woman he marries must be a virgin.

14 He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people,

15 so that he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the LORD, who makes him holy.’ ”

16 The LORD said to Moses,

17 “Say to Aaron: ‘For the generations to come none of your descendants who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God.

18 No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed;

19 no man with a crippled foot or hand,

20 or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles.

21 No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect is to come near to present the food offerings to the LORD. He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God.

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

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Leviticus 21:12-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 21

This chapter respects the priests, the sons of Aaron, and forbids their mourning for the dead, unless in some cases, Le 21:1-6; or their marriage with an whore or a divorced woman, Le 21:7,8; and the daughters of any of them to commit fornication, which is made punishable with death, Le 21:9; and it contains particular laws for the high priest to observe, who was not to mourn for any, even for his parents, Le 21:10,11; nor to go out of the sanctuary, Le 21:12; nor to marry any woman but a virgin, Le 21:13-15; and it also directs, that none of the priests having any blemish in them should be employed in divine service, though they might eat of the holy things, Le 21:16-24.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 13

1. S Exodus 25:8
2. S Exodus 28:41; Exodus 29:6-7; Leviticus 10:7
3. Ezekiel 44:22
4. ver 18,21,23
5. S ver 6
6. Leviticus 22:19-25
7. S Leviticus 19:14
8. 2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 9:3; 2 Samuel 19:26
9. Leviticus 22:24; Deuteronomy 23:1; Isaiah 56:3
10. S ver 17
11. S Leviticus 3:11
12. Leviticus 22:19
13. 1 Corinthians 9:13

Leviticus 21:12-22

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Leviticus 21:12-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 21

Cross References 13