LEVITICUS 21, 22. REGULATIONS FOR PRIESTS AND FOR MATTERS IN WHICH PRIESTS ARE SPECIALLY RESPONSIBLE. The Chapter s offer distinct points of comparison with P, and also with Ezek., which will be noticed below. All point to the superiority, in point of time, of H to P; the relation to Ezekiel is dubi... [ Continue Reading ]
FURTHER RESTRICTIONS as to the priests-' use of holy things, _i.e._ objects sacrificed or vowed. Temporary uncleanness, touching a corpse (Numbers 5:2 *) or an unclean object, as distinct from bodily defects, prevents priests from eating these things, while it lasts. This rule applies to leprosy, wh... [ Continue Reading ]
RULES FOR PRIESTS-' FAMILIES, ETC. A priest's slave is a member of his family, and may eat of the dues; a hired servant or a guest is not. Nor is a married daughter, unless she returns, a childless widow, to her father's house. Infringement by a layman of the rules for holy things means a guilt offe... [ Continue Reading ]
CONDITIONS TO BE SATISFIED BY THE VICTIMS in the case of certain sacrifices. This set of rules is given to Aaron and his sons as containing guidance for the priests-' examination of the animals. For vows and freewill offerings (Leviticus 1-3) the victim is to be a male, without blemish. In the case... [ Continue Reading ]
CONCLUDING RULES FOR SACRIFICE, not specially directed to Aaron, as they concern all persons intending to sacrifice. A calf or lamb or kid offered (as firstborn) is to be kept till the eighth day (_cf._ the rule of circumcision, Leviticus 22:12). The law is an ancient one; _cf._ Exodus 22:29 f. (Boo... [ Continue Reading ]