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| V4 can literally be translated "He shall not be defiled(טָמֵא)<Ref name="tame">{{02930}}</Ref>, a lord (husband)(בַּעַל baal)<Ref name="baal7">{{01167}}</Ref> among his people." That defilement can mean with a form of [[idolatry]]. | |||
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| Commentaries suggest that The defilement caused by touching a dead body('''לְ'''נֶ֥פֶשׁ)<Ref name="nephesh">{{05315}}</Ref> among his people which lasted for seven days and rituals were required to cleanse the priest. The word we see in the text is לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ (lenefesh) which first appears in [[Genesis 2]]:7 translated ''being'' or ''soul''<Ref name="tame">{{02930}}</Ref> We can also see it in Numbers 35:31, Lamentations 3:25 | |||
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| | | 6 They shall be holy<Ref name="qodesh4">{{06944}}</Ref> unto their God, and not profane(חָלָל)<Ref name="chalal0">{{02490}}</Ref> the name of their God: for the offerings(אִשָּׁה)<Ref name="ishshah1">{{0801}}</Ref> of the [[LORD]] made by [[fire]](אִשָּׁה),<Ref name="ishshah1">{{0801}}</Ref> and the bread of their God, they do offer(מַקְרִיבִ֖ם)<Ref name="qarab26">{{07126}}</Ref> : therefore they shall be holy(קָדוֹשׁ) qadowsh.<Ref name="qadowsh8">{{06918}}</Ref> 7 They shall not take a wife(אִשָּׁה)<Ref name="ishshah2">{{0802}}</Ref> that is a [[whore]],(זָנָה)<Ref name="zanah">{{02181}}</Ref> or profane(חָלָל)<Ref name="chalal1">{{02491}}</Ref>; neither shall they take a woman(אִשָּׁה)<Ref name="ishshah2">{{0802}}</Ref> put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God. | ||
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== Holiness of Priests == | |||
1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead ('''לְ'''נֶ֥פֶשׁ)<Ref name="nephesh">{{05315}}</Ref> among his people: | |||
1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: | |||
2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, | 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, | ||
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3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. | 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. | ||
4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself. | === Shall not be defiled === | ||
4 But he shall not defile(טָמֵא)<Ref name="tame">{{02930}}</Ref> himself, being a chief man (בַּעַל baal)<Ref name="baal7">{{01167}}</Ref> among his people, to profane himself. | |||
5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. | 5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. | ||
6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy. | 6 They shall be holy<Ref name="qodesh4">{{06944}}</Ref> unto their God, and not profane(חָלָל)<Ref name="chalal0">{{02490}}</Ref> the name of their God: for the offerings(אִשָּׁה)<Ref name="ishshah1">{{0801}}</Ref> of the [[LORD]] made by [[fire]](אִשָּׁה),<Ref name="ishshah1">{{0801}}</Ref> and the bread of their God, they do offer(מַקְרִיבִ֖ם)<Ref name="qarab26">{{07126}}</Ref> : therefore they shall be holy(קָדוֹשׁ) qadowsh.<Ref name="qadowsh8">{{06918}}</Ref> | ||
7 7 They shall not take a wife(אִשָּׁה)<Ref name="ishshah2">{{0802}}</Ref> that is a [[whore]],(זָנָה)<Ref name="zanah">{{02181}}</Ref> or profane(חָלָל)<Ref name="chalal1">{{02491}}</Ref>; neither shall they take a woman(אִשָּׁה)<Ref name="ishshah2">{{0802}}</Ref> put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God. | |||
8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy. | 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy. | ||
9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire. | 9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the [[whore]], she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with [[fire]]. | ||
10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; | 10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; |
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V4 can literally be translated "He shall not be defiled(טָמֵא)[2], a lord (husband)(בַּעַל baal)[3] among his people." That defilement can mean with a form of idolatry. |
Commentaries suggest that The defilement caused by touching a dead body(לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ)[4] among his people which lasted for seven days and rituals were required to cleanse the priest. The word we see in the text is לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ (lenefesh) which first appears in Genesis 2:7 translated being or soul[2] We can also see it in Numbers 35:31, Lamentations 3:25 |
6 They shall be holy[5] unto their God, and not profane(חָלָל)[6] the name of their God: for the offerings(אִשָּׁה)[7] of the LORD made by fire(אִשָּׁה),[7] and the bread of their God, they do offer(מַקְרִיבִ֖ם)[8] : therefore they shall be holy(קָדוֹשׁ) qadowsh.[9] 7 They shall not take a wife(אִשָּׁה)[10] that is a whore,(זָנָה)[11] or profane(חָלָל)[12]; neither shall they take a woman(אִשָּׁה)[10] put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God. |
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Holiness of Priests
1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead (לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ)[4] among his people:
2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
Shall not be defiled
4 But he shall not defile(טָמֵא)[2] himself, being a chief man (בַּעַל baal)[3] among his people, to profane himself.
5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
6 They shall be holy[5] unto their God, and not profane(חָלָל)[6] the name of their God: for the offerings(אִשָּׁה)[7] of the LORD made by fire(אִשָּׁה),[7] and the bread of their God, they do offer(מַקְרִיבִ֖ם)[8] : therefore they shall be holy(קָדוֹשׁ) qadowsh.[9]
7 7 They shall not take a wife(אִשָּׁה)[10] that is a whore,(זָנָה)[11] or profane(חָלָל)[12]; neither shall they take a woman(אִשָּׁה)[10] put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
11 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.
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,
19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
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- ↑ Not exercise authority
- Matthew 20:25 "But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you:..."
- Mark 10:42 "But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you:..."
- Luke 22:25 "And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye [shall] not [be] so:..."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 02930 טָמֵא tame’ [taw-may’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-379a, BDB-380a] [{See TWOT on 809 }] AV-unclean 74, defile 71, pollute 14, uncleanness 1, utterly 1; 161
- 1) to be unclean, become unclean, become impure
- 1a) (Qal) to be or become unclean
- 1a1) sexually
- 1a2) religiously
- 1a3) ceremonially
- 1b) (Niphal)
- 1b1) to defile oneself, be defiled
- 1b1a) sexually
- 1b1b) by idolatry
- 1b1c) ceremonially
- 1b2) to be regarded as unclean
- 1c) (Piel)
- 1c1) to defile
- 1c1a) sexually
- 1c1b) religiously
- 1c1c) ceremonially
- 1c2) to pronounce unclean, declare unclean (ceremonially)
- 1c3) to profane (God’s name)
- 1d) (Pual) to be defiled
- 1e) (Hithpael) to be unclean
- 1f) (Hothpael) to be defiled
- 1a) (Qal) to be or become unclean
- 1) to be unclean, become unclean, become impure
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 01167 ^לעב^ ba‘al \@bah’- al\@ from 01166; n m; AV-man 25, owner 14, husband 11, have 7, master 5, man given 2, adversary 1, archers 1, babbler + 03956 1, bird + 03671 1, captain 1, confederate + 01285 1, misc 12; 82
- 1) owner, husband, lord
- 1a) owner
- 1b) a husband
- 1c) citizens, inhabitants
- 1d) rulers, lords
- 1e) (noun of relationship used to characterise-ie, master of dreams)
- 1f) lord (used of foreign gods)
- 1) owner, husband, lord
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 05315 ^שׁפנ^ nephesh NunPeiShin \@neh’- fesh\@ from 05314; n f; AV-soul 475, life 117, person 29, mind 15, heart 15, creature 9, body 8, himself 8, yourselves 6, dead 5, will 4, desire 4, man 3, themselves 3, any 3, appetite 2, misc 47; 753
- 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
- 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
- 1b) living being
- 1c) living being (with life in the blood)
- 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
- 1e) seat of the appetites
- 1f) seat of emotions and passions
- 1g) activity of mind
- 1g1) dubious
- 1h) activity of the will
- 1h1) dubious
- 1i) activity of the character
- 1i1) dubious
- נ ן Nun Heir to the Throne, Aramaic fish in the Mem (fish moving in flowing waters) or in the Hebrew the Nun may mean the kingdom with a double Nun suggesting spiritual insight in two realms. [fish moving... Activity life] (Numeric value: 50)
- פ ף Pei Communication: The Oral Torah The mouth, blow, edge. [Mouth speak open word] (Numeric value: 80)
- ש Shin Eternal Flame of Spiritual Revelation, bound to the coal of righteousness, the Divine Essence. [sun... teeth... consume destroy] (Numeric value: 300)
- 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 06944 קֹדֶשׁ qodesh \@ko’- desh\@ KufDaletShin from 06942; n m; AV-holy 262, sanctuary 68, (holy, hallowed, … ) things 52, most 44, holiness 30, dedicated 5, hallowed 3, consecrated 1, misc 3; 468
- 1) apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness
- 1a) apartness, sacredness, holiness
- 1a1) of God
- 1a2) of places
- 1a3) of things
- 1b) set-apartness, separateness
- 1a) apartness, sacredness, holiness
- 1) apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 02490 חָלַל chalal [khaw-lal’] a primitive root chet +double Lamed; see 02491 חָלַל chalal slay, see degenerate; [compare 02470חָלָה chalah to become weak or sick]; v; [BDB-319a, BDB-320a] [{See TWOT on 660 }] [{See TWOT on 661 }] AV-begin 52, profane 36, pollute 23, defile 9, break 4, wounded 3, eat 2, slay 2, first 1, gather grapes 1, inheritance 1, began men 1, piped 1, players 1, prostitute 1, sorrow 1, stain 1, eat as common things 1; 141
- 1) to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin
- 1a) (Niphal)
- 1a1) to profane oneself, defile oneself, pollute oneself
- 1a1a) ritually
- 1a1b) sexually
- 1a2) to be polluted, be defiled
- 1a1a) ritually
- 1b) (Piel)
- 1b1) to profane, make common, defile, pollute
- 1b2) to violate the honour of, dishonour
- 1b3) to violate (a covenant)
- 1b4) to treat as common
- 1c) (Pual) to profane (name of God)
- 1d) (Hiphil)
- 1d1) to let be profaned
- 1d2) to begin
- 1e) (Hophal) to be begun
- 2) to wound (fatally), bore through, pierce, bore
- 2a) (Qal) to pierce
- 2b) (Pual) to be slain
- 2c) (Poel) to wound, pierce
- 2d) (Poal) to be wounded
- 3) (Piel) to play the flute or pipe
- 1) to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 0801 ^השׁא^ ‘ishshah \@ish-shaw’\@ AlefShinHey the same as 0800, but used in a liturgical sense; n m; AV-offering … by fire 65; 65
- 1) burnt-offering, offering made by fire, fire offering
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 07126 ^ברק^ qarab \@kaw-rab’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 2065} AV-offer 95, (come, draw, … ) near 58, bring 58, (come, draw, … ) nigh 18, come 12, approach 10, at hand 4, presented 2, misc 13; 280
- 1) to come near, approach, enter into, draw near
- 1a) (Qal) to approach, draw near
- 1b) (Niphal) to be brought near
- 1c) (Piel) to cause to approach, bring near, cause to draw near
- 1d) (Hiphil) to bring near, bring, present
- 1) to come near, approach, enter into, draw near
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 06918 ^שׁודק^ qadowsh \@kaw-doshe’\@ or ^שׁדק^ qadosh \@kaw-doshe’\@ from 06942; adj; {See TWOT on 1990 @@ "1990b"} AV-holy 65, Holy One 39, saint 12; 116
- 1) sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart
- In the New Testament we see hagios hag’-ee-os 40
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 0802 אִשָּׁה ‘ishshah [ish-shaw’,] irregular plural נשׁים nashiym [naw-sheem’] from 0376 or 0582; n f; [BDB-61a] [{See TWOT on 137 @@ "137a" }] AV-wife 425, woman 323, one 10, married 5, female 2, misc 14; 779
- 1) woman, wife, female
- 1a) woman (opposite of man)
- 1b) wife (woman married to a man)
- 1c) female (of animals)
- 1d) each, every (pronoun)
- 1) woman, wife, female
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 02181 זָנָה ZayinNunHey zanah [zaw-naw’] a primitive root [highly-fed and therefore wanton]; v; [BDB-275b] [{See TWOT on 563 }] AV- … harlot 36, go a whoring 19, … whoredom 15, whore 11, commit fornication 3, whorish 3, harlot + 0802 2, commit 1, continually 1, great 1, whore’s + 0802 1; 93
- 1) to commit fornication, be a harlot, play the harlot
- We can see the idea of national adultery or the use of force when the Tav related to faith or Lamed (hand) or Vav (separation or union) is included with or adjacent to the ZayinNunHey
- In Isaiah 23:17 we see wə·zā·nə·ṯāh וְזָֽנְתָ֛ה VavZayinNunTavHey which references Tyre and "her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms".
- In Isaiah 23:17 we see the Hebrew: וְשָׁבָ֖ה לְאֶתְנַנָּ֑ה וְזָֽנְתָ֛ה אֶת־ כָּל־
- where the word ethnan (0868) containing the root אֶתְנַ AlefTavNun is seen as לְאֶתְנַנָּ֑ה translated to her hire
- In Hosea 9:1 we see zā·nî·ṯā ZayinNunYodTav זָנִ֖יתָ Translated in
- NAS: "like the nations! For you have played the harlot, forsaking"
- KJV: "as [other] people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God,"
- We see לִזְנ֖וֹת LamedZayinNunVavTav liz·nō·wṯ in Leviticus 20:5-6 and Leviticus 21:9 along with Numbers 25:1 and Deuteronomy 22:21. We see lə·haz·nō·w·ṯāh לְהַזְנוֹתָ֑הּ LamedHeyZayinNunVavTavHey in Leviticus 19:29
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 02491 ללח chalal khaw-lawl’ from 02490 חָלַל chalal profane, pollute, desecrate; see degenerate;AV-slay 78, wounded 10, profane 3, kill 2, slain man 1; 94 n m
- 1) slain, fatally wounded, pierced