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Selected Verse: Leviticus 21:10 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Le 21:10 |
Strong Concordance |
And he that is the high [01419] priest [03548] among his brethren [0251], upon whose head [07218] the anointing [04888] oil [08081] was poured [03332], and that is consecrated [04390] [03027] to put [03847] on the garments [0899], shall not uncover [06544] his head [07218], nor rend [06533] his clothes [0899]; |
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King James |
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; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| he that is the high priest among his brethren . . . shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes--The indulgence in the excepted cases of family bereavement, mentioned above [Lev 21:2-3], which was granted to the common priests, was denied to him; for his absence from the sanctuary for the removal of any contracted defilement could not have been dispensed with, neither could he have acted as intercessor for the people, unless ceremonially clean. Moreover, the high dignity of his office demanded a corresponding superiority in personal holiness, and stringent rules were prescribed for the purpose of upholding the suitable dignity of his station and family. The same rules are extended to the families of Christian ministers (Ti1 3:2; Tit 1:6). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
It was the distinguishing mark of the anointing of the high priest, that the holy oil was poured upon his head like a crown (compare Lev 8:12).
Uncover his head - Rather, let his hair be disheveled. See the note at Lev 10:6. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The high priest was to maintain a spotless purity in a higher degree still. He, whose head had been anointed with oil, and who had been sanctified to put on the holy clothes (see Lev 8:7-12 and Lev 7:37), was not to go with his hair flying loose when a death had taken place, nor to rend his clothes (see Lev 10:6), nor to go in to any dead body (מת נפשׁת souls of a departed one, i.e., dead persons); he was not to defile himself (cf. Lev 21:2) on account of his father and mother (i.e., when they were dead), nor to go out of the sanctuary funeris nempe causa (Ros.), to give way to his grief or attend the funeral. We are not to understand by this, however, that the sanctuary was to be his constant abode, as Bhr and Baumgarten maintain (cf. Lev 10:7). "Neither shall he profane the sanctuary of his God," sc., by any defilement of his person which he could and ought to avoid; "for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him" (cf. Lev 10:7), and defilement was incompatible with this. נזר does not mean the diadem of the high priest here, as in Exo 29:6; Exo 39:30, but consecration (see at Num 6:7). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The garments - Those holy garments, which were peculiar to him. Shall not uncover his head - This being then the posture of mourners, Lev 10:6, though afterwards the custom was changed and mourners covered their heads, Sa2 15:30, Est 6:12. Nor rent his clothes - Another expression of mourning. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| He that is the high priest - This is the first place where this title is introduced; the title is very emphatic, הכהן הגדול haccohen haggadol, that priest, the great one. For the meaning of כהן cohen, see the note on Gen 14:18. As the chief or high priest was a representative of our blessed Lord, therefore he was required to be especially holy; and he is represented as God's king among the people. |
6 If any [1536] be [2076] blameless [410], the husband [435] of one [3391] wife [1135], having [2192] faithful [4103] children [5043] not [3361] accused [1722] [2724] of riot [810] or [2228] unruly [506].
2 A bishop [1985] then [3767] must [1163] be [1511] blameless [423], the husband [435] of one [3391] wife [1135], vigilant [3524], sober [4998], of good behaviour [2887], given to hospitality [5382], apt to teach [1317];
2 But for his kin [07607], that is near [07138] unto him, that is, for his mother [0517], and for his father [01], and for his son [01121], and for his daughter [01323], and for his brother [0251],
3 And for his sister [0269] a virgin [01330], that is nigh [07138] unto him, which hath had no husband [0376]; for her may he be defiled [02930].
6 And Moses [04872] said [0559] unto Aaron [0175], and unto Eleazar [0499] and unto Ithamar [0385], his sons [01121], Uncover [06544] not your heads [07218], neither rend [06533] your clothes [0899]; lest ye die [04191], and lest wrath [07107] come upon all the people [05712]: but let your brethren [0251], the whole house [01004] of Israel [03478], bewail [01058] the burning [08316] which the LORD [03068] hath kindled [08313].
12 And he poured [03332] of the anointing [04888] oil [08081] upon Aaron's [0175] head [07218], and anointed [04886] him, to sanctify [06942] him.
7 He shall not make himself unclean [02930] for his father [01], or for his mother [0517], for his brother [0251], or for his sister [0269], when they die [04194]: because the consecration [05145] of his God [0430] is upon his head [07218].
30 And they made [06213] the plate [06731] of the holy [06944] crown [05145] of pure [02889] gold [02091], and wrote [03789] upon it a writing [04385], like to the engravings [06603] of a signet [02368], HOLINESS [06944] TO THE LORD [03068].
6 And thou shalt put [07760] the mitre [04701] upon his head [07218], and put [05414] the holy [06944] crown [05145] upon the mitre [04701].
7 And ye shall not go out [03318] from the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], lest ye die [04191]: for the anointing [04888] oil [08081] of the LORD [03068] is upon you. And they did [06213] according to the word [01697] of Moses [04872].
7 And ye shall not go out [03318] from the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], lest ye die [04191]: for the anointing [04888] oil [08081] of the LORD [03068] is upon you. And they did [06213] according to the word [01697] of Moses [04872].
2 But for his kin [07607], that is near [07138] unto him, that is, for his mother [0517], and for his father [01], and for his son [01121], and for his daughter [01323], and for his brother [0251],
6 And Moses [04872] said [0559] unto Aaron [0175], and unto Eleazar [0499] and unto Ithamar [0385], his sons [01121], Uncover [06544] not your heads [07218], neither rend [06533] your clothes [0899]; lest ye die [04191], and lest wrath [07107] come upon all the people [05712]: but let your brethren [0251], the whole house [01004] of Israel [03478], bewail [01058] the burning [08316] which the LORD [03068] hath kindled [08313].
37 This is the law [08451] of the burnt offering [05930], of the meat offering [04503], and of the sin offering [02403], and of the trespass offering [0817], and of the consecrations [04394], and of the sacrifice [02077] of the peace offerings [08002];
7 And he put [05414] upon him the coat [03801], and girded [02296] him with the girdle [073], and clothed [03847] him with the robe [04598], and put [05414] the ephod [0646] upon him, and he girded [02296] him with the curious girdle [02805] of the ephod [0646], and bound [0640] it unto him therewith.
8 And he put [07760] the breastplate [02833] upon him: also he put [05414] in the breastplate [02833] the Urim [0224] and the Thummim [08550].
9 And he put [07760] the mitre [04701] upon his head [07218]; also upon the mitre [04701], even upon his forefront [06440] [04136], did he put [07760] the golden [02091] plate [06731], the holy [06944] crown [05145]; as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872].
10 And Moses [04872] took [03947] the anointing [04888] oil [08081], and anointed [04886] the tabernacle [04908] and all that was therein, and sanctified [06942] them.
11 And he sprinkled [05137] thereof upon the altar [04196] seven [07651] times [06471], and anointed [04886] the altar [04196] and all his vessels [03627], both the laver [03595] and his foot [03653], to sanctify [06942] them.
12 And he poured [03332] of the anointing [04888] oil [08081] upon Aaron's [0175] head [07218], and anointed [04886] him, to sanctify [06942] him.
12 And Mordecai [04782] came again [07725] to the king's [04428] gate [08179]. But Haman [02001] hasted [01765] to his house [01004] mourning [057], and having his head [07218] covered [02645].
30 And David [01732] went up [05927] by the ascent [04608] of mount Olivet [02132], and wept [01058] as he went up [05927], and had his head [07218] covered [02645], and he went [01980] barefoot [03182]: and all the people [05971] that was with him covered [02645] every man [0376] his head [07218], and they went up [05927], weeping [01058] as they went up [05927].
6 And Moses [04872] said [0559] unto Aaron [0175], and unto Eleazar [0499] and unto Ithamar [0385], his sons [01121], Uncover [06544] not your heads [07218], neither rend [06533] your clothes [0899]; lest ye die [04191], and lest wrath [07107] come upon all the people [05712]: but let your brethren [0251], the whole house [01004] of Israel [03478], bewail [01058] the burning [08316] which the LORD [03068] hath kindled [08313].
18 And Melchizedek [04442] king [04428] of Salem [08004] brought forth [03318] bread [03899] and wine [03196]: and he was the priest [03548] of the most high [05945] God [0410].