John Gill Commentary Leviticus 21:16

"And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying," — Leviticus 21:16 (ASV)

And the Lord spoke to Moses
After he had spoken to him of the holiness of the priests, that they should not defile themselves, neither with the dead nor with impure marriages, he proceeded to add some things concerning blemishes in their bodies, which rendered them unfit for the service:

saying ;
as follows.