Levítico 21:21

21 Ningún descendiente del sacerdote Aarón que tenga algún defecto podrá acercarse a presentar al SEÑOR las ofrendas por fuego. No podrá acercarse para presentarle a su Dios la ofrenda de pan por tener un defecto.

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 lisiado de pies o manos,
20 jorobado o enano; o que tenga sarna o tiña, o cataratas en los ojos, o que haya sido castrado.
21 Ningún descendiente del sacerdote Aarón que tenga algún defecto podrá acercarse a presentar al SEÑOR las ofrendas por fuego. No podrá acercarse para presentarle a su Dios la ofrenda de pan por tener un defecto.
22 Podrá comer de la ofrenda de pan, tanto del alimento santo como del santísimo,
23 pero por causa de su defecto no pasará más allá de la cortina ni se acercará al altar, para no profanar mi santuario. Yo soy el SEÑOR, que santifico a los sacerdotes».
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