Leviticus 21:7

1 Timothy 3:11; Deuteronomy 24:1-4; Ezekiel 44:22; Isaiah 50:1; Leviticus 21:8

Related Commentaries of Leviticus 21:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Profane - A woman who has been seduced, or one of illegitimate birth. A somewhat stricter rule for the priests’ marriages was revealed to the pro...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

They shall not take a wife [that is] a whore, or (d) profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he [is] holy unto his Go...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Restrictions for the Priests. To approach a corpse was to suffer defilement ( cf. Numbers 5:2 * Numbers 19*, Tob_2:8 ff., Sir_34:25); this is, t...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. They shall not take a wife. The third kind of purity is in marriage itself, that the priests’ home may be chaste and free from all dishon...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God. T...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Laws relating to the Priesthood and Sacrifice The principle laid down in this and the following chapter is the far reaching one, that whatever com...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Profane ] having lost her chastity.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Not take a wife. — From the defilement arising through contact with the dead, the lawgiver passes to’ regulation about the priest’s alliances with...
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 concre...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The absolute necessity for the strictest of separation of the priest from all possibility of defilement is vividly set forth in the laws here enuncia...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Doth not the Reader discern somewhat in these which point to JESUS? Surely in all these appointments respecting ceremonial uncleanness among the prie...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They shall not take a wife [that is] a whore, or profane ,.... By the former is meant a common whore, that prostitutes herself to any one through lu...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

They shall not take a wife [that is] a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he [is] holy unto his God....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Profane Or defiled , or deflowered , though it were done secretly, or by force; because the priest must take care that all the members of his fam...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF PRIESTS (vv. 1-15) Since the priests were given the sacred privilege of drawing near to God on behalf of the people, t...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Laws Concerning the Priests. B. C. 1490. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or profane, or defiled , or defloured , though it were done secretly, or by accident, or by force; because the priest must take care that all the...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Priests Must Not Defile Themselves Unless Absolutely Necessary. The priesthood was the essential link between Yahweh and His people. They were...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Purity of the Priesthood SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 21:1 .—Speak unto the priests … there shall none be defiled. If it was important that the...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 21:4 . A chief man. In some versions the Hebrew word baal is rendered king, lord, and husband; and the LXX read, he shall not “lightly...
The Biblical Illustrator

Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron. Sacred relationship demands sanctity of life If there is one fact more notably emphasised than anothe...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART III . SECTION IV . THE UNCLEANNESS AND DISQUALIFICATION OF PRIESTS . EXPOSITION The two remaining chapters of this divisi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Their Outward Appearance and Relations.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

They shall not take a wife that is a whore, a public prostitute, or profane, a fallen woman, or one of illegitimate birth; neither shall they take a...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Profane — Or defiled, or deflowered, though it were done secretly, or by force: because the priest must take care that all the members of his famil...

⁷ They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

Related Commentaries of Leviticus 21:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Leviticus 21:7