3. Mojžišova 21:21

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Nižádný muž, kterýž by měl na sobě nějakou vadu, z semene Arona kněze, nepřistoupí, aby obětoval oběti ohnivé Hospodinu; nebo vada na něm jest. Nepřistoupíť, aby obětoval chléb Boha svého.

Parallel Translations

Český ekumenický překlad
Nikdo z potomstva kněze Árona, kdo by měl nějakou vadu, se nepřiblíží, aby přinášel ohnivé oběti Hospodinovy. Má vadu, nepřiblíží se, aby přinášel chléb svého Boha.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a blemish: In the above list of blemishes, we meet with some that might render the priest contemptible in the eyes of men; and others that would be very great impediments in the discharge of his ministerial duties.

to offer: Leviticus 21:6, Leviticus 21:8, Leviticus 21:17

Reciprocal: Leviticus 3:11 - the food Leviticus 6:18 - the males Leviticus 10:3 - I will be Leviticus 22:25 - the bread Deuteronomy 32:38 - eat the fat Ezra 2:62 - therefore Nehemiah 7:65 - that they should Ezekiel 44:7 - when Hosea 9:4 - their bread

Gill's Notes on the Bible

No man that hath a blemish, of the seed of Aaron the priest,.... Whether an high priest or a common priest that lies on him anyone of the above blemishes; and which the Jewish writers f make to amount to the number of one hundred and forty, and which they reckon, so many in one part of the booty and so many in another, till they make up the said number; and whoever had any might not

come nigh to offer up the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire; the burnt offerings on the altar, to which he might not approach, and the meat offerings, and the fat, and the incense:

he hath a blemish; in one part of him or another; and though but one,

he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God: this is repeated for the confirmation of it, and to show how determined the Lord was in this matter; and how much he should resent it in any that should be found guilty of the breach of those rules, and so it is designed to deter from attempting: it.

f Maimon. Biath Hamikdash, c. 8. sect. 17.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He was not treated as an outcast, but enjoyed his privileges as a son of Aaron, except in regard to active duties.

Leviticus 21:20

A dwarf - One who is small and wasted, either short, as in the text, or slender, as in the margin. It is hardly likely that dwarfishness would be overlooked in this enumeration. So most critical authorities.

Scurry or scabbed - These words most probably include all affected with any skin disease.

Leviticus 21:22

See Leviticus 2:3 note; Leviticus 6:25 note.

Leviticus 21:23

Sanctuaries - The places especially holy, including the most holy place, the holy place, and the altar.

This law is of course to be regarded as one development of the great principle that all which is devoted to the service of God should be as perfect as possible of its kind.