Leviticus 21:10

upon: Leviticus 8:12, Leviticus 10:7, Leviticus 16:32, Exodus 29:29, Exodus 29:30, Numbers 35:25, Psalms 133:2

consecrated: Leviticus 8:7-1 Samuel :, Exodus 28:2-Numbers :

uncover: Leviticus 10:6, Leviticus 10:7, Leviticus 13:45, 2 Samuel 15:30, Esther 6:12, not rend, Genesis 37:34, Job 1:20, Matthew 26:65, All human corpses were considered as unclean. Whoever touched one was unclean for seven days, and was obliged on the third and seventh day to purify himself according to the Mosaic instructions. In the case of the priest it went still farther; insomuch, that even mourning for the dead by any external sign, such as tearing their clothes, defiled them. Hence such mournings were absolutely forbidden to be used in any case, and by the other priests also, except in the case of their very nearest relations, for whom they were allowed to mourn. This statue is founded on the importance of sustaining the decency and purity of Divine worship. The servants of the Deity were to keep themselves at a distance from every thing that in the least degree savoured of uncleanness.

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:7 - General Exodus 30:31 - an holy Exodus 30:32 - man's Leviticus 4:3 - the priest Numbers 6:7 - unclean Numbers 18:8 - by reason Psalms 106:16 - the saint Ezekiel 24:17 - bind