Teks -- Leviticus 21:16 (NET)

Rules for the Priesthood

21:16 The Lord spoke to Moses:

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JFB: Lev 21:16-24 - Whosoever he be . . . hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God

As visible things exert a strong influence on the minds of men, any physical infirmity or malformation of body in the ministers of religion, which disturbs the associations or excites ridicule, tends to detract from the weight and authority of the sacred office. Priests laboring under any personal defect were not allowed to officiate in the public service; they might be employed in some inferior duties about the sanctuary but could not perform any sacred office. In all these regulations for preserving the unsullied purity of the sacred character and office, there was a typical reference to the priesthood of Christ (Heb 7:26).

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Gill: Lev 21:16 - And the Lord spake unto Moses // saying

And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... After he had spoken to him of the holiness of the priests, that they should not defile themselves, neither with the dead nor with impure marriages, he proceeded to add some things concerning blemishes in their bodies, which rendered them unfit for the service:

saying; as follows.