Leviticus 22:5

_WHAT MAN SOEVER OF THE SEED OF AARON IS A LEPER, OR HATH A RUNNING ISSUE; HE SHALL NOT EAT OF THE HOLY THINGS, UNTIL HE BE CLEAN. AND WHOSO TOUCHETH ANY THING THAT IS UNCLEAN BY THE DEAD, OR A MAN WHOSE SEED GOETH FROM HIM;_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

CREEPING THINGS - i. e. dead vermin. Compare Leviticus 11:29....

EXPOSITION This chapter, which is a continuation of Leviticus 21:1, (1) commands that the ceremonially defiled priest shall not officiate or partake of the sacrificial offerings; (2) declares who may and who may not partake of the priests' portions of the sacrifices; (3) orders that every sacrificial victim be unblemished. LEVITICUS 22:1 In the previous chapter, the priests have been commanded to avoid occasions of ceremonial defilement, but there are times in which they must be unclean. At these times they are here instructed that they must abstain from their priestly functions, and not even eat of the priests' portions until they have been cleansed. The command to Aaron and to

OR WHOSOEVER TOUCHETH ANY CREEPING THING, WHEREBY HE MAY BE MADE UNCLEAN,.... Jarchi thinks this respects the measure or quantity of what is touched, as if but the quantity of a lentil or small pea, see Leviticus 11:31; OR A MAN OF WHOM HE MAY TAKE UNCLEANNESS, WHATSOEVER UNCLEANNESS HE HATH; as of a leper, a profluvious, or a dead man; Jarchi interprets it of the latter, and of the quantity which defiles, which is that of an olive; who also observes, that the phrase, "whatsoever uncleanness", includes touching a profluvious man or woman, a menstruous woman, and a new mother....

CHAPTER 22 _ 1. Care to be exercised in holy things (Leviticus 22:1)_ 2. Care in the enforcement of the law of offerings (Leviticus 22:17) Uncleanness such as mentioned in the first part of the chapter prohibited the partaking of holy things. Strangers who did not belong to the priestly house and even the married daughter of the priest, not living in the priestly household, were not permitted to eat of the offering of the holy things. Holy things have to be used in a reverent and holy way. The same principle holds good in the New Testament. We may well think here of the Lord's table. Read 1 Corinthians 11:23. Coming to the Lord's table to remember Him requires self-judg

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, which is also (Leviticus 14) temporary. Animals which have died naturally or been killed by other animals are not to be eaten at all by the priests (_cf._ on Leviticus 17:15, also Leviticus 7:24). The rule is found also in Ezekiel 44:31....

PRIESTLY SEPARATION FROM CEREMONIAL UNCLEANNESS 22:1-10 TEXT 22:1-10 1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which hallow unto me, and that they profane not my holy name: I am Jehovah. 3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed throughout your generations, that approacheth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto Jehovah, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from before me: I am Jehovah. 4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; 5 or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness...

LAWS RELATING TO THE PRIESTHOOD AND SACRIFICE (CONTINUED) 1-6. The holy things may not be eaten by priests otherwise qualified, but ceremonially unclean, nor by any persons outside the priestly family....

LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words in brackets (…). CHAPTER 22 FOOD FROM THE HOLY *OFFERINGS V1 The *LORD said (this) to Moses. V2 ‘Speak to Aaron and to his sons. They must respect the holy *offerings that the *Israelites give to me. Then they will not make my holy name *unclean. I am the *LORD. V3 Say (this) to them. “You may have *descendants who are *unclean in future years. (Any such *descenda

OR WHOSOEVER TOUCHETH ANY CREEPING THING. — See Leviticus 11:24. OR A MAN OF WHOM HE MAY TAKE UNCLEANNESS. — Better, _or a man who is unclean to him,_ that is, who is a leper (see Leviticus 13:45), or has an issue (see Leviticus 15:5, &c.), and who imparts defilement by contact....