Leviticus 22:4
If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,
Sermons
The Eating of the Holy ThingsJ.A. Macdonald Leviticus 22:1-16
Holiness of Priests and SacrificesR.A. Redford Leviticus 22:1-33
Priestly DisqualificationsR.M. Edgar Leviticus 22:1-33














There were certain bodily conditions which, under the Levitical institutions, were suggestive of spiritual impurity, and those who suffered from them were accounted ceremonially unclean. Priests thus affected were disqualified for the ministry of the tabernacle, and were deprived, for a time, of sacerdotal privileges: they might not "go unto the holy things." Any priest who was disobedient to this precept would be "cut off from the presence of the Lord." To those who were thus unfortunate there was one service left, - the service of obedient abstention. They would be disappointed; they might feel somewhat humiliated; but there was left to them the opportunity of fulfilling the acceptable service of offering not or eating not "unto the Lord" (see Romans 14:6). It often happens to us that by some misfortune - perhaps, as here, some bodily affliction we are disabled and detained from active service: it may be from

(1) Christian work, or

(2) public worship, or

(3) daily duty (business or household activities).

That which is unavoidable and for which we are not responsible may shut us out from many valued privileges. In this case we must render the service of abstention. We can -

I. SUBMIT IN PATIENCE.

II. BELIEVE WITH CHEERFUL CONFIDENCE: have faith to accept the truth that "they also serve who only stand and wait;" that God is as well pleased with the passive service of those whom he desires to "be still," as with those who -

"... at his bidding speed,
And post o'er land and ocean without rest."

III. WAIT IN HOPE. The hour will come, here or hereafter, sooner or later, when all bodily disabilities will have disappeared, and fullest access be given to the presence of the Lord. - C.

I am the Lord.
Five motives are strewn on their path to constrain them to close obedience.

1. "I am the Lord." This is authority employed.

2. "I will be hallowed among the children of Israel." This is His holiness, and His desire to diffuse awe of His holy name.

3. "I am the Lord which hallow you." Here is an appeal to their privileges as Israelites. Do you not feel that you actually are set apart for Me?

4. "I am the Lord which brought you out of Egypt." Here is His claim as Redeemer, who paid the price and set free the captives. Is there gratitude in your souls? Is there sense of thankfulness for favour done?

5. "Your God" — as well as your Lord: His claim as Father, Shepherd, King, and whatever else there is that is tender in relationship, or beneficial in office, or sweet in character — all is summed up in "your God"! Who is like "our God"? "Who would not fear Thee?" (Jeremiah 10:7).

(A. A. Bonar.)

I. WHAT JEHOVAH WAS IN ISRAEL. "I am the Lord."

II. WHAT JEHOVAH WAS TO ISRAEL. "Your God."

III. WHAT JEHOVAH HAD DONE FOR ISRAEL. "That brought you out of the land of Egypt."

IV. WHAT JEHOVAH WOULD DO WITH ISRAEL. "I am the Lord which hallow you." Ceremonially and symbolically priests and people were made holy by —

1. The rights they observed.

2. The sacrifices they offered.

3. The manifested presence of the Lord.

(F. W. Brown.).

People
Aaron, Israelites, Moses
Places
Teman
Topics
Aaron, Anyone, Anything, Bodily, Body, Clean, Cleansed, Contact, Copulation, Corpse, Dead, Defiled, Descendant, Descendants, Discharge, Disease, Eat, Emission, Flow, Flux, Gifts, Goes, Holy, Infectious, Issue, Leper, Leprous, Line, None, Offerings, Passed, Running, Sacred, Seed, Semen, Seminal, Skin, Soever, Suffers, Till, Touches, Toucheth, Touching, Unclean, Uncleanness, Whatever, Whatsoever, Whomsoever
Outline
1. The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things
6. How they shall be cleansed
10. Who of the priest's house may eat of the holy things
17. The sacrifices must be without blemish
26. The age of the sacrifice
29. The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving

Dictionary of Bible Themes
Leviticus 22:4

     5182   skin
     5390   leprosy

Leviticus 22:1-6

     8269   holiness, separation from worldly

Leviticus 22:3-7

     7340   clean and unclean

Leviticus 22:4-5

     7348   defilement

Leviticus 22:4-6

     5194   touch

Leviticus 22:4-8

     4438   eating

Library
The Two Sabbath-Controversies - the Plucking of the Ears of Corn by the Disciples, and the Healing of the Man with the Withered Hand
IN grouping together the three miracles of healing described in the last chapter, we do not wish to convey that it is certain they had taken place in precisely that order. Nor do we feel sure, that they preceded what is about to be related. In the absence of exact data, the succession of events and their location must be matter of combination. From their position in the Evangelic narratives, and the manner in which all concerned speak and act, we inferred, that they took place at that particular
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah

Eleventh Day. The Holy one of Israel.
I am the Lord that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. I the Lord which make you holy, am holy.'--Lev. xi. 45, xxi. 8. 'I am the Lord Thy God, the Holy One of Israel, Thy Saviour. Thus saith the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.'--Isa. xliii. 3, 14, 15. In the book of Exodus we found God making provision for the Holiness of His people. In the holy
Andrew Murray—Holy in Christ

Leviticus
The emphasis which modern criticism has very properly laid on the prophetic books and the prophetic element generally in the Old Testament, has had the effect of somewhat diverting popular attention from the priestly contributions to the literature and religion of Israel. From this neglect Leviticus has suffered most. Yet for many reasons it is worthy of close attention; it is the deliberate expression of the priestly mind of Israel at its best, and it thus forms a welcome foil to the unattractive
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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