Albert Barnes Commentary Leviticus 22
Albert Barnes Commentary
Leviticus 22
Albert Barnes Commentary
Leviticus 22
"Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow unto me, and that they profane not my holy name: I am Jehovah." — Leviticus 22:2 (ASV)
Speak ... that they so abstain from touching the holy things (i.e., the sacrificial food of all kinds) of the children of Israel which they consecrate unto me, that they profane not my holy name. This law related to the daily life and the ordinary food of the priests.
"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." — Leviticus 22:3 (ASV)
Cut off from my presence - that is, excluded from the sanctuary. See Leviticus 20:17.
"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;" — Leviticus 22:4 (ASV)
See Leviticus 15:13-16.
"or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;" — Leviticus 22:5 (ASV)
Creeping things - that is, dead vermin. Compare (Leviticus 11:29).
"the soul that toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water." — Leviticus 22:6 (ASV)
The soul - Rather, the person. Compare the use of the word “body” in the Prayer Book version of Psalms 53:1, and in the compounds “somebody, nobody”.
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