leviticus-22:3-9

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 22:1-9

Those that had a natural blemish, though they were forbidden to do the priests? work, were yet allowed to eat of the holy things: and the Jewish writers say that ?to keep them from idleness they were employed in the wood-room, to pick out that which was worm-eaten, that it might not be used in the fire upon the altar; they might also be employed in the judgment of leprosy:? but, I. Those that were under any ceremonial uncleanness, which possibly they contracted by their own fault, might no so... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:3

Say unto them, whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations ,.... Whether male or female, in all succeeding ages, as long as the ceremonial law lasted; for females as well as males of the families of the priests ate of the holy things, provided they had no uncleanness on them, but if they had, they might not: that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord : that approaches to any of the sacrifices which the children of Israel have devoted... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:4

What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper ,.... A young, or an old man, as the Targum of Jonathan, and indeed man or woman; for the wives and daughters of the priests, if in this, and other circumstances following, might not eat of the holy things until cleansed, who otherwise might, see Leviticus 13:2 , or hath a running issue ; a gonorrhoea, whether man or woman, Leviticus 15:2 , he shall not eat of the holy things until he be clean ; he might eat of the tithes, but not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:5

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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:6

The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even ,.... Which is the time fixed by the several laws for such uncleannesses, see Leviticus 11:31 , and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water ; in forty seahs of water, as the Targum of Jonathan; yea, when the evening is come, he may not eat of the heave or wave offerings, until he has dipped himself all over in water; nor should any eat of the Lord's supper under the New Testament, but such as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:7

And when the sun is down he shall be clean ,.... Having washed himself in water, otherwise not, though the sun may be set: and shall afterwards eat of the holy things ; the families of the priests lived upon: because it is his food : his common food, his ordinary diet, that by which he subsists, having nothing else to live upon; this being the ordination of God, that he which ministered about holy things should live on them; and these being his only substance, in compassion to him... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:8

That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts ,.... Whether fowls or beasts, and even clean ones, which, had they been killed in a proper manner, were fit to cut, but dying of themselves, or torn to pieces by other birds or beasts of prey, might not, see Ezekiel 44:31 , he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith ; being impure food, at least in a ceremonial sense, and not fit to be eaten; these things were forbid a common Israelite, and much less might a priest eat of them,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:9

They shall therefore keep mine ordinance ,.... The observance of my word, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, of his word of command; either respecting the not eating of such creatures that died of themselves, or were torn by beasts; or else the not eating holy things in uncleanness, so Jarchi and Gersom; but Aben Ezra thinks the sanctuary is referred to, which was to be kept by the priests, and which seems to agree with what follows: lest they bear sin for it : the sanctuary, by... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 22:4

Is a leper, or hath a running issue - See the case of the leper treated at large in the notes on Leviticus 13 (note) and Leviticus 14 (note); and for other uncleannesses, see the notes on Leviticus 15 (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 22:1-9

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 his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel , in Leviticus 22:2 , must be read in the light of the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 22:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 22:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 22:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 22:1-9

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