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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 21:1

There shall none be defiled for the dead - No priest shall assist in laying out a dead body, or preparing it for interment. Any contact with the dead was supposed to be of a defiling nature, probably because putrefaction had then taken place; and animal putrefaction was ever held in detestation by all men. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 21:4

A chief man among his people - The word בעל baal signifies a master, chief, husband, etc., and is as variously translated here. He being a chief among the people, it would be improper to see him in such a state of humiliation as mourning for the dead necessarily implies. 2. Though a husband he shall not defile himself even for the death of a wife, because the anointing of his God is upon him. But the first sense appears to be the best. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 21:5

They shall not make baldness - See the note on Leviticus 19:27 . It is supposed that these things were particularly prohibited, because used superstitiously by the Egyptian priests, who, according to Herodotus, shaved the whole body every third day, that there might be no uncleanness about them when they ministered in their temples. This appears to have been a general custom among the heathen. In the book of Baruch 6:31, the priests of Babylon are represented sitting in their temples, with... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 21:7

That is a whore - A prostitute, though even reclaimed. Profane - A heathen, or one who is not a cordial believer in the true God. Put away from her husband - Because this very circumstance might lead to suspicion that the priest and the divorced woman might have been improperly connected before. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 21:9

She shall be burnt with fire - Probably not burnt alive, but strangled first, and then burnt afterward. Though it is barely possible that some kind of branding may be intended. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 21:1

Verse 1 1.Speak unto the priests. All these things which follow tend to the same end, i.e., that the priests may differ from the rest of the people by notable marks, as if separated from ordinary men; for special purity became those who represented the person of Christ. It seems, indeed, as if God here gave precepts respecting small and unimportant things; but we have elsewhere said that the legal rites were as it were steps by which the Israelites might ascend to the study of true holiness.... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 21:7

Verse 7 7.They shall not take a wife. The third kind of purity is in marriage itself, that the priests’ home may be chaste and free from all dishonor. At this time also God commands by the mouth of Paul, that pastors should be chosen, who rule well their own houses, whose wives are chaste and modest, and their children well-behaved. (1 Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:6.) The same cause for this existed under the Law, lest those appointed for the government of the Church should be despised and looked down... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 21:9

Verse 9 9.And the daughter of any priest. The moderation and chastity (required in the priest (191)) is extended also to his daughter; and by synecdoche all that relates to good discipline is comprised under a single head; viz., that his children should be educated in the study of virtue, and in decent and pure morality. A heavy punishment is denounced against a priest’s daughter if she should play the harlot, because sacrilege would be combined with her disgraceful licentiousness. But it is no... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 21:1-6

The first paragraph refers to ceremonial uncleanness derived to the priest from his family relations. The priest may not take part in any funeral rites, the effect of which was legal defilement, except in the case of the death of his father, mother, son, daughter, brother, and unmarried sister. These are all that appear to be mentioned. But what, then, are we to understand regarding his wife? Was the priest allowed to lake part in mourning ceremonies for her or not? It is thought by some that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 21:1-15

Distinctions and degrees in obligation. In the kingdom of God there is, as a rule, but one law for all subjects. What applies to one applies to another. The same principles of righteousness are obligatory on both sexes, on all classes, conditions, nations, generations of men. This is importantly true; but it is a truth subject to certain not unimportant qualifications. Of this latter we have— I. ILLUSTRATIONS IS THE MOSAIC LAW . 1 . Respecting ceremonial defilement... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 21:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 21:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 21:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 21:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 21:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 21:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 21:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 21:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 21:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 21:1-15

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