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A Higher Standard for Leaders
Commentators explain that God established stricter rules for priests to signify their unique and holy role. By avoiding contact with the dead, which represented the curse of sin and death, they maintained a state of ritual purity necessary to serve in God's holy presence. This set them apart as tangible models of holiness for the entire community.
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Leviticus
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Charles Ellicott
On Leviticus 21:1
19th Century
Bishop
And the Lord said unto Moses. —The laws about the purity and holiness of the Jewish community, and of every individual la…
John Calvin
On Leviticus 21:1
16th Century
Theologian
Speak to the priests. All these things that follow tend to the same end: that is, that the priests might differ from the rest of the peopl…
John Gill
On Leviticus 21:1
17th Century
Pastor
And the Lord said to Moses
According to some Jewish writers this was said on the day the tabernacle was set up; no d…
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Matthew Henry
On Leviticus 21:1–24
17th Century
Minister
As these priests were types of Christ, so all ministers must be followers of him, that their example may teach others to imitate the Saviour. Witho…