Leviticus 21:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

He shall not approach unto God, or to serve him in his sanctuary. A flat nose: most restrain this word to the nose and to some great deformity relating to it, either the want of it wholly or in part, or the shortness, flatness, or crookedness of it. But according to others, it signifies more generally a person that wants some member or members, because the next word, to which it is opposed, signifies one that hath more members than he should.

Leviticus 21:18

18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,