Leviticus 22:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food. ”

• Leviticus 22:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Further Restrictions as to the priests-' use of holy things, i.e. objects sacrificed or vowed. Temporary uncleanness, touching a corpse ( Numbers 5:2 *) or an unclean object, as distinct from bo...

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• Leviticus 22:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.

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• Leviticus 22:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food. No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• Leviticus 22:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Laws relating to the Priesthood and Sacrifice (continued) 1-6. The holy things may not be eaten by priests otherwise qualified, but ceremonially unclean, nor by any persons outside the priestly fa...

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• Leviticus 22:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And shall afterward eat... because it is his food. — As the sacrifices which were the perquisites of the officiating priests were the only things he had to live upon, the priest who had contracted...

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• Leviticus 22:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE LAW OF PRIESTLY HOLINESS Leviticus 21:1-24 ; Leviticus 22:1-33 THE conception of Israel as a kingdom of priests, a holy nation, was concretely represented in a threefold division of the pe...

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• Leviticus 22:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Instructions already given are now repeated with greater detail and wider application. Not only must the priest himself be free from blemish and defilement, he must see to it that all that which he o...

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• Leviticus 22:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Though some pollutions here spoken of, were in their nature greater than others; yet it is well to observe, that all equally disqualified from approaching the sanctuary. And what did these things tea...

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• Leviticus 22:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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...

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• Leviticus 22:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it [is] his food. Ver. 7. ; Because it is his food. ] Animantis cuiusque vita in fuga est, and mu...

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• Leviticus 22:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  His food His portion, the means of his subsistence. This may be added, to signify why there was no greater nor longer a penalty put upon the priests than upon the people in the same case, because h...

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• Leviticus 22:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  NO PROFANING OF SEPARATED THINGS (vv. 1-16) Aaron and his sons were always in close proximity to those things that had been separated for sacred purposes. They were therefore to be careful as to t...

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• Leviticus 22:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Laws Concerning the Priests. B. C. 1490.       1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, saying,   2...

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• Leviticus 22:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  i.e. His portion, the means of his subsistence. This may be added to signify why there was no greater nor longer a penalty put upon the priests than upon the people in the same case, Le 11 Le 15 , b...

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• Leviticus 22:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  For Priests, Discernment of Uncleanness Is Vital. They Must Not Approach Yahweh While Unclean Lest They Die ( Leviticus 22:2-9 ). Leviticus 22:2 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, that they sepa...

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• Leviticus 22:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  Priestly Privileges Forfeited by Uncleanness SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 22:1 .—Profane not My holy name in those things which they hallow unto Me. Holy things must not be touched with unclean...

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• Leviticus 22:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Leviticus 22:4 . Unclean. The injunctions in this and the following verses, though not literally binding on christians, yet the holy law from whence they emanate is not to be disregarded. Every in...

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• Leviticus 22:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION This chapter, which is a continuation of Leviticus 21:1-3 , (1) commands that the ceremonially defiled priest shall not officiate or partake of the sacrificial offerings; (2) d...

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• Leviticus 22:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Warning Against Profanation of Hallowed Things

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• Leviticus 22:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 9:13 ; 1 Corinthians 9:14 ; 1 Corinthians 9:4 ; Deuteronomy 18:3 ; Deuteronomy 18:4 ; Leviticus 21:22 ; Numbers 18:11-19

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• Leviticus 22:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  His food — His portion, the means of his subsistence. This may be added, to signify why there was no greater nor longer a penalty put upon the priests than upon the people in the same case, because...

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