PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Leviticus
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 211,561 words · 404 reading sections
Leviticus 21:3
Leviticus 21:3 Ver. 3. And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him,.... That is, his sister by both father's and mother's side, as Aben Ezra; though, according to Gersom, his sister by his father's side, and not by his mother's side, is meant; but, according to Alphes, by his mother's side: perhaps this may sig…
275 wordsSECTION 302Leviticus 21:4
Leviticus 21:4 Ver. 4. [But] he shall not defile himself, [being] a chief man among his people,.... Which is not to be understood of any lord or nobleman or any chief ruler or governor of the people; for the context speaks only of priests, and not of other personages; besides, such might defile themselves, or mourn fo…
358 wordsSECTION 303Leviticus 21:5
Leviticus 21:5 Ver. 5. They shall not make baldness upon their head,.... For the dead, as Jarchi, Aben Ezra, and Ben Gersom; not shave their heads, or round the corners of them, or make baldness between their eyes on that account; as those things were forbid the Israelites, so the priests also; this and what follow be…
298 wordsSECTION 304Leviticus 21:6
Leviticus 21:6 Ver. 6. They shall be holy unto their God,.... Sacred to his service, and wholly given up to it, and not interest themselves in things which hindered from it, or made them unfit for it; and such care becomes the ministers of the word, who should give up themselves to it, and not entangle themselves with…
305 wordsSECTION 305Leviticus 21:7
Leviticus 21:7 Ver. 7. 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 lust or for gain; and by the latter one whose chastity is violated, but either unwillingly, that has been forced and ravished, or else willingly, being…
427 wordsSECTION 306Leviticus 21:8
Leviticus 21:8 Ver. 8. Thou shalt sanctify him therefore,.... In thought and word, as Aben Ezra, by thinking and speaking well of him; should esteem and reckon him a holy person, being in a sacred office, and honour him as such; and do all that can be done to preserve him from unholiness and impurity, and particularly…
305 wordsSECTION 307Leviticus 21:9
Leviticus 21:9 Ver. 9. And the daughter of any priest,.... The Targum of Jonathan restrains it to one that is betrothed; but others, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra, whether betrothed or married; and all confess, as the former says, that the Scripture does not speak of one that is single or entirely free: but there is no exce…
412 wordsSECTION 308Leviticus 21:10
Leviticus 21:10 Ver. 10. And [he that is] the high priest among his brethren,.... Either among his brethren, the priests, being in office above them; or among his brethren the Israelites, among and over whom he is high priest; or, as others render it, "the priest who is greater than his brethren" {d}, in an higher off…
591 wordsSECTION 309Leviticus 21:11
Leviticus 21:11 Ver. 11. Neither shall he go in to any dead body,.... That is, into a tent or house where any dead body lies, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra interpret it, for whoever went into such a place was unclean seven days; and so long therefore an high priest, should he enter there, would be prevented doing the duty o…
355 wordsSECTION 310Leviticus 21:12
Leviticus 21:12 Ver. 12. Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary,.... In the time of service, upon any occasion whatever; otherwise, when there was a necessity for it, he might go out from thence, though this was rarely done, and only in the night time: Maimonides {m} says he had a house prepared for him in the sanct…
3,891 wordsSECTION 311Leviticus 22:1
Leviticus 22:1 INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 22 In this chapter several laws are delivered out, forbidding the priests to eat of holy things, when in any uncleanness, or at any time what dies of itself, or is torn of beasts, Le 22:1; also showing who belonging to the priests might or might not eat of the holy things, Le …
189 wordsSECTION 312Leviticus 22:2
Leviticus 22:2 Ver. 2. Speak unto Aaron and to his sons,.... The priests; the children of Israel or the common people are not mentioned, as having no concern in the following laws about eating holy things: that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel; both from offering their lawful sa…
216 wordsSECTION 313Leviticus 22:3
Leviticus 22:3 Ver. 3. Say unto them, whosoever [he be] of all your seed among your generations,.... Whether male or female, in all succeeding ages, as long as the ceremonial law lasted; for females as well as males of the families of the priests ate of the holy things, provided they had no uncleanness on them, but if…
254 wordsSECTION 314Leviticus 22:4
Leviticus 22:4 Ver. 4. What man soever of the seed of Aaron [is] a leper,.... A young, or an old man, as the Targum of Jonathan, and indeed man or woman; for the wives and daughters of the priests, if in this, and other circumstances following, might not eat of the holy things until cleansed, who otherwise might, see …
159 wordsSECTION 315Leviticus 22:5
Leviticus 22:5 Ver. 5. Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean,.... Jarchi thinks this respects the measure or quantity of what is touched, as if but the quantity of a lentil or small pea, see Le 11:31; or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath; as of a …
107 wordsSECTION 316Leviticus 22:6
Leviticus 22:6 Ver. 6. The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even,.... Which is the time fixed by the several laws for such uncleannesses, see Le 11:31; and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water; in forty seahs of water, as the Targum of Jonathan; yea, when the ev…
103 wordsSECTION 317Leviticus 22:7
Leviticus 22:7 Ver. 7. 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 lived upon: because it [is] his food: his common food, his ordinary diet, that by which he subsists…
123 wordsSECTION 318Leviticus 22:8
Leviticus 22:8 Ver. 8. That which dieth of itself, or is torn [with beasts],.... Whether fowls or beasts, and even clean ones, which, had they been killed in a proper manner, were fit to cut, but dying of themselves, or torn to pieces by other birds or beasts of prey, might not, see Eze 44:31; he shall not eat, to de…
112 wordsSECTION 319Leviticus 22:9
Leviticus 22:9 Ver. 9. They shall therefore keep mine ordinance,.... The observance of my word, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, of his word of command; either respecting the not eating of such creatures that died of themselves, or were torn by beasts; or else the not eating holy things in uncleanness, so Jarch…
245 wordsSECTION 320Leviticus 22:10
Leviticus 22:10 Ver. 10. There shall no stranger eat [of] the holy thing,.... Any one of the holy things, as the heave shoulder, wave breast, &c. by a "stranger" is not meant one of another nation; though indeed all such were called strangers, and might not eat of these things, Eph 2:12; but one that was not of the fa…
312 wordsSECTION 321Leviticus 22:11
Leviticus 22:11 Ver. 11. But if the priest buy [any] soul with his money, he shall eat of it,.... Whether any of his own nation, who sometimes, when become poor, were obliged to sell themselves; or a stranger, as the Targum of Jonathan; one of another nation, a Canaanitish servant, as Jarchi. Now these being his own p…
337 wordsSECTION 322Leviticus 22:12
Leviticus 22:12 Ver. 12. If the priest's daughter also be [married] to a stranger,.... Not to an Heathen, but to any Israelite, that is, a common man, or a layman, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, one that is not a priest; but is married either to a Levite, or an Israelite, as Jarchi: she may not eat of an off…
102 wordsSECTION 323Leviticus 22:13
Leviticus 22:13 Ver. 13. But if the priest's daughter be a widow or divorced,.... If her husband be dead, or if living, and she is put away by him, whether a Levite, or an Israelite: and have no child: by him, as the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi add, nor is with child by him: and is returned to her father's house, …
461 wordsSECTION 324Leviticus 22:14
Leviticus 22:14 Ver. 14. And if a man eat [of] the holy thing unwittingly,.... Either not knowing that it is an holy thing, or the heave offering, or any thing of that kind; or else is ignorant of the punishment of such an action, as Gersom observes; and this is to be understood of any man that was not a priest, or wa…
307 wordsSECTION 325Leviticus 22:15
Leviticus 22:15 Ver. 15. And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the Lord. By causing or suffering strangers to eat of them; so Jarchi, referring the words to the priests, who should be careful that strangers ate not of sacred things; or by the strangers themselves e…
68 wordsSECTION 326Leviticus 22:16
Leviticus 22:16 Ver. 16. Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass,.... The punishment of sin: either the strangers, when they eat their holy things; the holy things belonging to the priests, which they permitting them to do, suffer them to be liable to the punishment incurred thereby, or else the priests thems…
161 wordsSECTION 327Leviticus 22:17
Leviticus 22:17 Ver. 17. And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... At the same time; for having said many things concerning the holiness of priests, whose business it was to offer sacrifices, he adds various things concerning the nature, condition, and circumstances of the sacrifices they were to offer:saying, as follows. Le…
3,213 wordsSECTION 328Leviticus 23:1
Leviticus 23:1 INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 23 In this chapter an account is given of the several holy days, times, and seasons, appointed by God, under the general names of feasts and holy convocations; and first of the sabbath, Le 23:1; then of the passover and feast of unleavened bread, Le 23:5; to which is annexed t…
184 wordsSECTION 329Leviticus 23:2
Leviticus 23:2 Ver. 2. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,.... Speak to them to gather together, and then say unto them what follows, they all being obliged to keep the feasts, and observe the solemnities hereafter directed to; though it may be the heads of the tribes and the elders of the people wer…
420 wordsSECTION 330Leviticus 23:3
Leviticus 23:3 Ver. 3. Six days shall work be done,.... Or may be done by men, any sort of lawful work and honest labour, for the sustenance of themselves and families: but the seventh day [is] the sabbath of rest; from all bodily labour and work of any kind; typical of rest by Christ and in him: an holy convocation…
158 wordsSECTION 331Leviticus 23:4
Leviticus 23:4 Ver. 4. These are the feasts of the Lord, [even] holy convocations,.... What follow besides the sabbath mentioned: which ye shall proclaim in their seasons; the proper times of the year, the day or days, and month in which they are to be observed; these were to be proclaimed by the priests with the sou…
78 wordsSECTION 332Leviticus 23:5
Leviticus 23:5 Ver. 5. In the fourteenth [day] of the first month,.... The month Nisan, the same with Abib, the month in which the children of Israel came out of Egypt, for which reason it was made the first month in the year, answering to part of our March and part of April; and for the same reason was the passover k…
129 wordsSECTION 333Leviticus 23:6
Leviticus 23:6 Ver. 6. And on the fifteenth day of the same month [is] the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord,.... Which was the day the children of Israel went out of Egypt with their dough and leaven, having not time to leaven it; in remembrance of which this feast was appointed: seven days ye must eat unleave…
65 wordsSECTION 334Leviticus 23:7
Leviticus 23:7 Ver. 7. In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation,.... That is, on the first of the seven days of the feast of unleavened bread, even the fifteenth day of the month Nisan; this was separated from the other days of the festival, and more particularly devoted to religions exercises, see Ex 12:16;…
125 wordsSECTION 335Leviticus 23:8
Leviticus 23:8 Ver. 8. But ye shall offer an offering made by, fire unto the Lord seven days,.... A burnt offering was to be offered unto the Lord on everyone of the seven days, which were two young bullocks, one ram, and seven lambs; besides a meat offering, and a goat for a sin offering, Nu 28:19; in the seventh da…
111 wordsSECTION 336Leviticus 23:9
Leviticus 23:9 Ver. 9. And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... At the same time, for what follow are the other feasts and holy convocations before spoken of: saying; as follows.…
31 wordsSECTION 337Leviticus 23:10
Leviticus 23:10 Ver. 10. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,.... What is next observed, it being incumbent on them to do what is enjoined: when ye be come into the land which I give unto you: the land of Canaan, which God had given by promise to their fathers and to them, and which they were now goi…
489 wordsSECTION 338Leviticus 23:11
Leviticus 23:11 Ver. 11. And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord,.... Or the omer of barley; this was done by the priest in the tabernacle and temple, where was the presence of God, and that before the handful of it was put upon the altar; which agitation or waving was, as Gersom says, towards the cast; it was mov…
792 wordsSECTION 339Leviticus 23:12
Leviticus 23:12 Ver. 12. And ye shall offer that day, when ye wave the sheaf,.... Besides the daily sacrifice of the morning and evening, and the additional offerings made on everyone of the seven days of the feast of unleavened bread: an he lamb without blemish of the first year, for a burnt offering unto the Lord; …
93 wordsSECTION 340Leviticus 23:13
Leviticus 23:13 Ver. 13. And the meat offering thereof [shall be] two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil,.... The usual measure of flour to a meat offering was one tenth deal, Ex 29:40; but here it is doubled: some Jewish writers say {p} one tenth was on account of the lamb that was offered at this time, and t…
260 wordsSECTION 341Leviticus 23:14
Leviticus 23:14 Ver. 14. And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears,.... That is, they were not allowed to make bread of the new corn, as Aben Ezra and Gersom explain it; for they were obliged to eat unleavened bread at this time: but it might not be made of the new corn, until the above offering…
306 wordsSECTION 342Leviticus 23:15
Leviticus 23:15 Ver. 15. And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath,.... Not the seventh day sabbath in the passover week, nor the whole feast of unleavened bread, but the first day of it, which was an holy convocation, a sabbath in which no servile work was to be done, Le 23:7; and it was from the …
250 wordsSECTION 343Leviticus 23:16
Leviticus 23:16 Ver. 16. Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath,.... Or weeks, forty nine days being counted, the following was the fiftieth day, or Pentecost: shall ye number fifty days; from whence this feast had the name of Pentecost, Ac 2:1; all in Israel were obliged to number those days, except women an…
296 wordsSECTION 344Leviticus 23:17
Leviticus 23:17 Ver. 17. And ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals,.... Out of their habitations in the land of Canaan; and not out of those without the land, as Jarchi observes; and not out of all of them, as Ben Gersom remarks; though the Vulgate Latin version has it, out of "all"…
7,055 wordsSECTION 345Leviticus 23:1
Leviticus 23:1 INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 23 In this chapter an account is given of the several holy days, times, and seasons, appointed by God, under the general names of feasts and holy convocations; and first of the sabbath, Le 23:1; then of the passover and feast of unleavened bread, Le 23:5; to which is annexed t…
184 wordsSECTION 346Leviticus 23:2
Leviticus 23:2 Ver. 2. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,.... Speak to them to gather together, and then say unto them what follows, they all being obliged to keep the feasts, and observe the solemnities hereafter directed to; though it may be the heads of the tribes and the elders of the people wer…
420 wordsSECTION 347Leviticus 23:3
Leviticus 23:3 Ver. 3. Six days shall work be done,.... Or may be done by men, any sort of lawful work and honest labour, for the sustenance of themselves and families: but the seventh day [is] the sabbath of rest; from all bodily labour and work of any kind; typical of rest by Christ and in him: an holy convocation…
158 wordsSECTION 348Leviticus 23:4
Leviticus 23:4 Ver. 4. These are the feasts of the Lord, [even] holy convocations,.... What follow besides the sabbath mentioned: which ye shall proclaim in their seasons; the proper times of the year, the day or days, and month in which they are to be observed; these were to be proclaimed by the priests with the sou…
78 wordsSECTION 349Leviticus 23:5
Leviticus 23:5 Ver. 5. In the fourteenth [day] of the first month,.... The month Nisan, the same with Abib, the month in which the children of Israel came out of Egypt, for which reason it was made the first month in the year, answering to part of our March and part of April; and for the same reason was the passover k…
129 wordsSECTION 350Leviticus 23:6
Leviticus 23:6 Ver. 6. And on the fifteenth day of the same month [is] the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord,.... Which was the day the children of Israel went out of Egypt with their dough and leaven, having not time to leaven it; in remembrance of which this feast was appointed: seven days ye must eat unleave…
65 wordsSECTION 351Leviticus 23:7
Leviticus 23:7 Ver. 7. In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation,.... That is, on the first of the seven days of the feast of unleavened bread, even the fifteenth day of the month Nisan; this was separated from the other days of the festival, and more particularly devoted to religions exercises, see Ex 12:16;…
125 wordsSECTION 352Leviticus 23:8
Leviticus 23:8 Ver. 8. But ye shall offer an offering made by, fire unto the Lord seven days,.... A burnt offering was to be offered unto the Lord on everyone of the seven days, which were two young bullocks, one ram, and seven lambs; besides a meat offering, and a goat for a sin offering, Nu 28:19; in the seventh da…
111 wordsSECTION 353Leviticus 23:9
Leviticus 23:9 Ver. 9. And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... At the same time, for what follow are the other feasts and holy convocations before spoken of: saying; as follows.…
31 wordsSECTION 354Leviticus 23:10
Leviticus 23:10 Ver. 10. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,.... What is next observed, it being incumbent on them to do what is enjoined: when ye be come into the land which I give unto you: the land of Canaan, which God had given by promise to their fathers and to them, and which they were now goi…
489 wordsSECTION 355Leviticus 23:11
Leviticus 23:11 Ver. 11. And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord,.... Or the omer of barley; this was done by the priest in the tabernacle and temple, where was the presence of God, and that before the handful of it was put upon the altar; which agitation or waving was, as Gersom says, towards the cast; it was mov…
792 wordsSECTION 356Leviticus 23:12
Leviticus 23:12 Ver. 12. And ye shall offer that day, when ye wave the sheaf,.... Besides the daily sacrifice of the morning and evening, and the additional offerings made on everyone of the seven days of the feast of unleavened bread: an he lamb without blemish of the first year, for a burnt offering unto the Lord; …
93 wordsSECTION 357Leviticus 23:13
Leviticus 23:13 Ver. 13. And the meat offering thereof [shall be] two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil,.... The usual measure of flour to a meat offering was one tenth deal, Ex 29:40; but here it is doubled: some Jewish writers say {p} one tenth was on account of the lamb that was offered at this time, and t…
260 wordsSECTION 358Leviticus 23:14
Leviticus 23:14 Ver. 14. And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears,.... That is, they were not allowed to make bread of the new corn, as Aben Ezra and Gersom explain it; for they were obliged to eat unleavened bread at this time: but it might not be made of the new corn, until the above offering…
306 wordsSECTION 359Leviticus 23:15
Leviticus 23:15 Ver. 15. And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath,.... Not the seventh day sabbath in the passover week, nor the whole feast of unleavened bread, but the first day of it, which was an holy convocation, a sabbath in which no servile work was to be done, Le 23:7; and it was from the …
250 wordsSECTION 360Leviticus 23:16
Leviticus 23:16 Ver. 16. Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath,.... Or weeks, forty nine days being counted, the following was the fiftieth day, or Pentecost: shall ye number fifty days; from whence this feast had the name of Pentecost, Ac 2:1; all in Israel were obliged to number those days, except women an…
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