Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Leviticus Chapter 21
Overview
Lev 21:1, Of the priests' mourning; Lev 21:6, Of their holiness; Lev 21:7, Of their marriages; Lev 21:8, Of their estimation; Lev 21:9, Of the priest's daughter convicted of whoredom; Lev 21:10, Of the high priest's holiness; Lev 21:13, Of his marriage; Lev 21:16, The priests that have blemishes must not minister in the sanctuary.
Speak: Hos 5:1; Mal 2:1, Mal 2:4
There: Lev 21:11, Lev 10:6, Lev 10:7; Num 19:14, Num 19:16; Eze 44:25
Or, the verse may be read, being an husband among his people, he shall not defile himself for his wife, etc. Eze 24:16, Eze 24:17
not make baldness: This custom is also called rounding the corners of the head (Lev 19:27), and seems to have been performed in honour of some idol. Lev 10:6, Lev 19:27, Lev 19:28; Deu 14:1; Isa 15:2, Isa 22:12; Jer 16:6, Jer 48:37; Eze 44:20; Amo 8:10; Mic 1:16
the corner: The Hebrew peath zakon, may denote the whiskers; as the Syriac phatho signifies. These are by the Arabs, according to Niebuhr, still cut entirely off, or worn quite short; and hence they are called by Jeremiah, קצוצי פאה, those with cropped whiskers. Perhaps some superstition, of which we are ignorant, was connected with this; but whether or not, it was the object of Moses to keep the Israelites distinct from other nations.
holy: Lev 21:8, Lev 10:3; Exo 28:36, Exo 29:44; Ezr 8:28; Pe1 2:9
profane: Lev 18:21, Lev 19:12; Mal 1:6, Mal 1:11, Mal 1:12
bread: Lev 3:11; Eze 44:7; Mal 1:7
therefore: Isa 52:11
that is a whore: Lev 21:8; Eze 44:22; Ti1 3:11
put away: Deu 24:1-4; Isa 50:1
sanctify: Lev 21:6; Exo 19:10, Exo 19:14, Exo 28:41, Exo 29:1, Exo 29:43, Exo 29:44
for I: Lev 11:44, Lev 11:45, Lev 19:2, Lev 20:7, Lev 20:8; Joh 10:36, Joh 17:19; Heb 7:26, Heb 10:29
the daughter: Sa1 2:17, Sa1 2:34, Sa1 3:13, Sa1 3:14; Eze 9:6; Mal 2:3; Mat 11:20-24; Ti1 3:4, Ti1 3:5; Tit 1:6
she shall be burnt: Lev 20:14; Gen 38:24; Jos 7:15, Jos 7:25; Isa 33:14
upon: Lev 8:12, Lev 10:7, Lev 16:32; Exo 29:29, Exo 29:30; Num 35:25; Psa 133:2
consecrated: Lev 8:7-9; Exo 28:2-4
uncover: Lev 10:6, Lev 10:7, Lev 13:45; Sa2 15:30; Est 6:12, not rend, Gen 37:34; Job 1:20; Mat 26:65; All human corpses were considered as unclean. Whoever touched one was unclean for seven days, and was obliged on the third and seventh day to purify himself according to the Mosaic instructions. In the case of the priest it went still farther; insomuch, that even mourning for the dead by any external sign, such as tearing their clothes, defiled them. Hence such mournings were absolutely forbidden to be used in any case, and by the other priests also, except in the case of their very nearest relations, for whom they were allowed to mourn. This statue is founded on the importance of sustaining the decency and purity of Divine worship. The servants of the Deity were to keep themselves at a distance from every thing that in the least degree savoured of uncleanness.
his father: Lev 21:1, Lev 21:2; Num 6:7, Num 19:14; Deu 33:9; Mat 8:21, Mat 8:22, Mat 12:46-50; Luk 9:59, Luk 9:60; Luk 14:26; Co2 5:16
go out: Lev 10:7
for the crown: Lev 8:9-12, Lev 8:30; Exo 28:36, Exo 29:6, Exo 29:7; Isa 61:1; Act 10:38
Lev 21:7; Eze 44:22; Co2 11:2; Rev 14:4
profane: Gen 18:19; Ezr 2:62, Ezr 9:2; Neh 13:23-29; Mal 2:11, Mal 2:15; Rom 11:16; Co1 7:14
for I the: Lev 21:8
blemish: Lev 22:20-25; Th1 2:10; Ti1 3:2; Heb 7:26
let him: Lev 21:21, Lev 10:3; Num 16:5; Psa 65:4
bread: or, food, Lev 3:11, Lev 3:16
a blind man: Isa 56:10; Mat 23:16, Mat 23:17, Mat 23:19; Ti1 3:2, Ti1 3:3, Ti1 3:7; Tit 1:7, Tit 1:10
superfluous: Lev 22:23
a dwarf: or, too slender
or hath: Deu 23:1
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: Lev 21:6, Lev 21:8, Lev 21:17
both: Lev 2:3, Lev 2:10, Lev 6:16, Lev 6:17, Lev 6:29, Lev 7:1, Lev 24:8, Lev 24:9; Num 18:9, Num 18:10
and of the holy: Lev 22:10-13; Num 18:10, Num 18:19
go in: Exo 30:6-8, Exo 40:26, Exo 40:27; Eze 44:9-14
for I the Lord: Lev 21:8