“Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name. I am Yahweh.
“Tell them, ‘If anyone of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things which the children of Israel make holy to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me. I am Yahweh.
“ ‘Whoever of the offspring of Aaron is a leper or has a discharge shall not eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man who has a seminal emission,
Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv2–4 Meaning, that the Priests abstain from eating, so long…
Meaning, that the Priests abstain from eating, so long as they are polluted.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv2–4 Lev 22:2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons,…
Lev 22:2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name [in those things] which they hallow unto me: I [am] the LORD.
Ver. 2. That they separate.] Though priests, yet they may not hold themselves privileged above others to commit sin, but are the rather obliged to duty. Why should any Chrysostom have cause to say, Non arbitror inter sacerdotes multos esse qui salvi fiant, I do not think that many of our ministers can he saved, it is well if any? or any Campian to exclaim, Ministris eorum nihil vilias?
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv2–4 That they separate themselves, to wit, when any uncleanness…
That they separate themselves, to wit, when any uncleanness is upon them, as it appears from Lev 22:3,4. From the holy things, i.e. from eating of those parts of the offerings which belong to them. Only of the tithes they might eat in that case.
Which they hallow; either the children of Israel, or the priests; for both of them did in their kinds hallow, consecrate, or offer them to God. But the former seems more probable, both because they were mentioned here and Lev 22:3, where they are said to hallow, &c., and because this makes the argument stronger, it ill became the priests to profane or pollute what the people did hallow.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv2–4 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons,.... The priests;…
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons,.... The priests; the children of Israel or the common people are not mentioned, as having no concern in the following laws about eating holy things:
that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel; both from offering their lawful sacrifices, which was the business of their office when pure, and chiefly from eating that part of them which was their due, and was allowed them; neither of these they were to do, particularly the latter, when they were in any uncleanness, as the following words show:
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and that, they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me; which the children of Israel set apart and devoted to his service; which they would do, by eating their part of them when unclean, and thereby show little reverence to that holy name to which they were devoted; or which the priests themselves sanctified, by offering them to him; for Jarchi says, this takes in the holiness of the priests themselves; but the former seems best, and is confirmed in Lev 22:3,
I am the Lord; who is holy himself, and whose holy things these are, and will be sanctified by those that draw nigh unto him.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv2–3 Separate themselves - When any uncleanness is upon them,…
Separate themselves - When any uncleanness is upon them, as appears from ver. 3, 4. From the holy things - From eating of those parts of the offerings, which belong to them. Only of the tithes they might eat. They - The children of Israel. And it ill became the priests to profane or pollute what the people did hallow.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv2, 4 Verse 2. Speak unto Aaron and to his sons,…
Verse 2. Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves] The same subject is continued in this chapter as in the preceding, with this addition, that besides the perfection of the priests, it was indispensably necessary that the sacrifices also should be perfect. In the service of God, according to the law, neither an imperfect offering nor an imperfect offerer could be admitted. What need then of a mediator between a holy God and sinful men! And can we expect that any of our services, however sincere and well-intentioned, can be accepted, unless offered on that living Altar that sanctifies the gift?
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv2–3 Lev 22:2. That they separate themselves — When any…
Lev 22:2. That they separate themselves — When any uncleanness is upon them, as appears from Lev 22:3-4. From the holy things — This is the first caution. No priest, or other person, was to presume to eat any part of a consecrated victim, while he was under any degree of legal uncleanness. Neither were they, in that state, to eat of the first-fruits, which were also consecrated to God, Num 18:12. But they might eat of the tithes, which were allowed for their constant maintenance. That they profane not what they — The children of Israel; hallow — It ill became the priests to profane or pollute what the people hallowed.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv2–4 “Speak ... that they so abstain from touching the…
“Speak ... that they so abstain from touching the holy things (i. e. the sacrificial food of all kinds) of the children of Israel which they consecrate unto me, that they profane not my holy name.” This law related to the daily life and the ordinary food of the priests.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv2–4 Offer. He does not speak of such things as…
Offer. He does not speak of such things as fell to the share of the priests; (Menochius) but orders them to behave with great reverence when they perform their sacred offices, lest others should take occasion to treat the name of God and holy things with disrespect. Hebrew and Septuagint, "let them not profane my holy name, which they are bound to sanctify; or in what they consecrate to me." Such things must not be used for ordinary purposes. (St. Basil, ser. de Bapt. ii. 2, and 3.)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv3–4 Whosoever he be . . . that goeth unto…
Whosoever he be . . . that goeth unto the holy things--The multitude of minute restrictions to which the priests, from accidental defilement, were subjected, by keeping them constantly on their guard lest they should be unfit for the sacred service, tended to preserve in full exercise the feeling of awe and submission to the authority of God. The ideas of sin and duty were awakened in their breasts by every case to which either an interdict or an injunction was applied. But why enact an express statute for priests disqualified by the leprosy or polluting touch of a carcass [Lev 22:4], when a general law was already in force which excluded from society all persons in that condition? Because priests might be apt, from familiarity, to trifle with religion, and in committing irregularities or sins, to shelter themselves under the cloak of the sacred office. This law, therefore, was passed, specifying the chief forms of temporary defilement which excluded from the sanctuary, that priests might not deem themselves entitled to greater license than the rest of the people; and that so far from being in any degree exempted from the sanctions of the law, they were under greater obligations, by their priestly station, to observe it in its strict letter and its smallest enactments.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv2–4 REVERENCE FOR HOLY THINGS, Lev_23:1-16.
REVERENCE FOR HOLY THINGS, Lev_23:1-16.
2. Separate themselves — They were to abstain from treating the holy things, or offerings of the people, as things unconsecrated and common. By appropriating what was sacred to Jehovah, without the warrant of an express command, like that requiring them to eat the most holy things, (Lev_2:3, note,) they would profane his holy name, or degrade his majesty, and tarnish his purity in the eyes of the people.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv2–3 2. separate] not of course in the full sense…
2. separate] not of course in the full sense of the word. What is meant is that whenever they are in a condition of ceremonial impurity they must be careful not to come into contact with holy things.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv2–4 (2) Separate themselves from the holy things of the…
(2) Separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel.—As parts of the sacrifices offered by the Israelites belonged to the priests, they are here warned that (see Lev_7:20-21) they are not to consider themselves absolutely entitled to them under all circumstances, and that there are times when they must abstain from them.
In those things which they hallow unto me.—That is, in their treatment of the sacrifices which the children of Israel have consecrated and offered to the Lord.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v3 HOMILIES BY W. CLARKSON Ver. 3. The service of…
HOMILIES BY W. CLARKSON Ver. 3. The service of abstention.
There were certain bodily conditions which, under the Levitical institutions, were suggestive of spiritual impurity, and those who suffered from them were accounted ceremonially unclean. Priests thus affected were disqualified for the ministry of the tabernacle, and were deprived, for a time, of sacerdotal privileges: they might not "go unto the holy things." Any priest who was disobedient to this precept would be "cut off from the presence of the Lord." To those who were thus unfortunate there was one service left, the service of obedient abstention. They would be disappointed; they might feel somewhat humiliated; but there was left to them the opportunity of fulfilling the acceptable service of offering not or eating not "unto the Lord". (see Rom_14:6)
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It often happens to us that by some misfortune perhaps, as here, some bodily affliction we are disabled and detained from active service: it may be from
(1) Christian work, or
(2) public worship, or
(3) daily duty (business or household activities).
That which is unavoidable and for which we are not responsible may shut us out from many valued privileges. In this case we must render the service of abstention. We can
I SUBMIT IN PATIENCE.
II BELIEVE WITH CHEERFUL CONFIDENCE: have faith to accept the truth that "they also serve who only stand and wait;" that God is as well pleased with the passive service of those whom he desires to "be still," as with those who"...at his bidding speed, And post o"er land and ocean without rest.
III WAIT IN HOPE. The hour will come, here or hereafter, sooner or later, when all bodily disabilities will have disappeared, and fullest access be given to the presence of the Lord. C.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v4 infectious skin disease
infectious skin disease
a disease on the skin easily spread from one person to another
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an infection flowing from his body
"a bodily discharge"
from his body
This is a polite way of referring to a man's private parts. See how you translated a similar phrase in Leviticus 15:1. AT: "from his private parts" (See: Euphemism)
until he is clean
A person who is acceptable for God's purposes is spoken of as if the person were physically clean. (See: Metaphor)
Whoever touches anything unclean
Something that Yahweh has said is unfit to touch or eat is spoken of as if it were physically unclean. (See: Metaphor)
through contact with the dead
"by touching a dead body"
the sacrifices made to Yahweh
This can be stated in active form. AT: "the sacrifices that someone has offered to Yahweh" (See: Active or Passive)
or whoever touches any creeping animal that makes him unclean, or any person who makes him unclean
This can be made explicit. AT: "or whoever is unclean from touching a creeping animal or from touching another unclean person" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
the priest ... will be unclean
A person who is not acceptable for God's purposes is spoken of as if the person were physically unclean. (See: Metaphor)
until evening
"until sunset"
translationWords
body
sacrifice
clean
clean
die
seed
priest
holy
water
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v2 22:2-6 The priest’s portions of the sacred offerings were…
22:2-6 The priest’s portions of the sacred offerings were regarded as “most holy” (see 2:3) and were not to come into contact with anything unclean (11:1–15:33). Accordingly, any descendant of Aaron who was unclean was forbidden to eat this food.
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