John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:4
What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper ,.... A young, or an old man, as the Targum of Jonathan, and indeed man or woman; for the wives and daughters of the priests, if in this, and other circumstances following, might not eat of the holy things until cleansed, who otherwise might, see Leviticus 13:2 , or hath a running issue ; a gonorrhoea, whether man or woman, Leviticus 15:2 , he shall not eat of the holy things until he be clean ; he might eat of the tithes, but not... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 22:1-9
Those that had a natural blemish, though they were forbidden to do the priests? work, were yet allowed to eat of the holy things: and the Jewish writers say that ?to keep them from idleness they were employed in the wood-room, to pick out that which was worm-eaten, that it might not be used in the fire upon the altar; they might also be employed in the judgment of leprosy:? but, I. Those that were under any ceremonial uncleanness, which possibly they contracted by their own fault, might no so... read more