_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, SPEAK UNTO THE PRIESTS THE SONS OF AARON, AND SAY UNTO THEM, THERE SHALL NONE BE DEFILED FOR THE DEAD AMONG HIS PEOPLE:_ There shall none be defiled for the dead, х_ LªNEPESH_ (H5315)] - for a soul. The obvious design of the regulations contained in this chapter was t... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT FOR HIS KIN, THAT IS NEAR UNTO HIM, THAT IS, FOR HIS MOTHER, AND FOR HIS FATHER, AND FOR HIS SON, AND FOR HIS DAUGHTER, AND FOR HIS BROTHER,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT HE SHALL NOT DEFILE HIMSELF, BEING A CHIEF MAN AMONG HIS PEOPLE, TO PROFANE HIMSELF._ But he shall not defile himself - `for any other,' as the sense may be fully expressed. The priest, in discharging his sacred functions, might well be regarded as a chief man among his people, and by these de... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEY SHALL NOT MAKE BALDNESS UPON THEIR HEAD, NEITHER SHALL THEY SHAVE OFF THE CORNER OF THEIR BEARD, NOR MAKE ANY CUTTINGS IN THEIR FLESH._ They shall not make baldness ... nor ... cuttings in their flesh. The superstitious marks of sorrow, as well as the violent excesses in which the pagan indul... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEY SHALL BE HOLY UNTO THEIR GOD, AND NOT PROFANE THE NAME OF THEIR GOD: FOR THE OFFERINGS OF THE LORD MADE BY FIRE, AND THE BREAD OF THEIR GOD, THEY DO OFFER: THEREFORE THEY SHALL BE HOLY._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEY SHALL NOT TAKE A WIFE THAT IS A WHORE, OR PROFANE; NEITHER SHALL THEY TAKE A WOMAN PUT AWAY FROM HER HUSBAND: FOR HE IS HOLY UNTO HIS GOD._ They shall not take a wife. Private individuals might form several connections, which were forbidden as inexpedient or improper in priests. The respectab... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE THAT IS THE HIGH PRIEST AMONG HIS BRETHREN, UPON WHOSE HEAD THE ANOINTING OIL WAS POURED, AND THAT IS CONSECRATED TO PUT ON THE GARMENTS, SHALL NOT UNCOVER HIS HEAD, NOR REND HIS CLOTHES;_ He that is the high priest. The indulgence in the excepted cases of family bereavement, mentioned abov... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ Any blemish. Since 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 o... [ Continue Reading ]