Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Leviticus Chapter 22
Overview
Lev 22:1, The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things; Lev 22:6, How they shall be cleansed; Lev 22:10, Who of the priest's house may eat of the holy things; Lev 22:17, The sacrifices must be without blemish; Lev 22:26, The age of the sacrifice; Lev 22:29, The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving.
Lev 22:3-6, Lev 15:31; Num 6:3-8
that they profane not: This is the very ground of the prohibition, that they might preserve in their minds a holy reverence for the Divine Majesty. Hence when they approached unto him, they must be free from every legal impurity. If great men are to be approached with respect, how much more must Jehovah be approached with holy reverence! Lev 22:32, Lev 18:21, Lev 19:12, Lev 20:3, Lev 21:6
hallow: Exo 13:12, Exo 28:38; Num 18:32; Deu 15:19
having his uncleanness upon him: That is, in other words, "when he is unclean." Lev 7:20, Lev 7:21
that soul: That is, according to some, thrust out of the priest's office, or from officiating at the altar; or, according to others, cut off by some immediate stroke of divine justice, like Nadab and Abihu.
from my: Exo 33:14, Exo 33:15; Psa 16:11, Psa 51:11; Mat 25:41; Th2 1:9
the seed: These words include the daughters as well as the sons of Aaron.
a leper: Lev 13:2, Lev 13:3, Lev 13:44-46
running issue: Heb. running of the reins, Lev 15:2, Lev 15:3
holy things: Lev 2:3, Lev 2:10, Lev 6:25-29, Lev 21:22; Num 18:9, Num 18:19
until: Lev. 14:2-32, Lev 15:13-15
unclean: Lev 21:1; Num 19:11-16
whose: Lev 15:16
whosoever: Lev 11:24, Lev 11:43, Lev 11:44
Lev 11:24, Lev 11:25, Lev 15:5, Lev 16:24-28; Num 19:7-10; Hag 2:13; Co1 6:11; Heb 10:22
Lev 21:22; Num 18:11-19; Deu 18:3, Deu 18:4; Co1 9:4, Co1 9:13, Co1 9:14
Lev 17:15; Exo 22:31; Deu 14:21; Eze 44:31
bear sin for it: That is, be punished if he break it. Lev 10:1, Lev 10:2, Lev 16:2; Exo 28:43; Num 18:22, Num 18:32
The word zar, a stranger, does not mean one of another nation, a foreigner, which is expressed by hechar, but one who is not of the seed of Aaron, or does not belong to his family. Sa1 21:6; Mat 12:4
his money: Heb. the purchase of his money, Gen 17:13; Num 18:11-13
a stranger: Heb. a man
a stranger: Lev 21:3; Isa 40:13 *marg.
returned unto her father's house: A widow in Bengal not unfrequently returns to her father's house on the death of her husband. the union between her and her own family is never so dissolved as among European nations. Gen 38:11
as in her: Lev 10:14; Num 18:11-19
Lev 5:15-19, Lev 27:13, Lev 27:15
Lev 22:9, Lev 19:8; Num 18:32; Eze 22:26
suffer them to bear the iniquity of the trespass, or, lade themselves with the iniquity of trespass in their eating, bear. Lev 7:18; Psa 38:4; Isa 53:11, Isa 53:12; Pe1 2:24
Whatsoever: Lev 1:2, Lev 1:10, Lev 17:10, Lev 17:13
of the strangers: Num 15:14-16
vows: Lev 7:16, Lev 23:38; Num 15:3; Deu 12:6; Psa 22:25, Psa 56:12, Psa 61:5, Psa 61:8, Psa 65:1, Psa 66:13; Psa 116:14, Psa 116:18; Ecc 5:4; Jon 1:16, Jon 2:9; Nah 1:15; Act 18:18
freewill: Num 15:3; Deu 12:6, Deu 12:17, Deu 16:10
Lev 1:3, Lev 1:10, Lev 4:32; Exo 12:5; Mat 27:4, Mat 27:19, Mat 27:24, Mat 27:54; Luk 23:14, Luk 23:41, Luk 23:47; Joh 19:4; Co2 5:21; Eph 5:27; Heb 9:14; Pe1 1:19, Pe1 2:22-24, Pe1 3:18
Lev 22:25; Deu 15:21, Deu 17:1; Mal 1:8, Mal 1:13, Mal 1:14
peace: Lev 3:1, Lev 3:6, 7:11-38
to accomplish: Gen 28:20, Gen 35:1-3; Num 15:3, Num 15:8; Deu 23:21-23; Psa 50:14; Pro 7:14; Ecc 5:4, Ecc 5:5
sheep: or, goats
it shall be perfect: This law is so founded on the nature of the thing itself, that it has been in force among all nations that sacrificed victims to their deities.
Blind: Lev 22:20, Lev 21:18-21; Mal 1:8
an offering: Lev 1:9, Lev 1:13, Lev 3:3, Lev 3:5
lamb: or, kid
superfluous: Lev 21:18
broken: or, cut, Lev 22:20; Deu 23:1
a stranger's: Num 15:14-16, Num 16:40; Ezr 6:8-10
the bread: Lev 21:6, Lev 21:8, Lev 21:21, Lev 21:22; Mal 1:7, Mal 1:8, Mal 1:12-14
seven days: It was necessary for the mother's health that the young one should suck so long; and prior to this time, the process of nutrition in a young animal can scarcely be considered as completely formed. Besides this, it may justly be asserted, that the flesh of very young animals is comparatively innutritive. There is something brutish in eating the young of beast or fowl, before the hair and hoofs are perfect in the one, and feathers and claws in the other; and before this period, their flesh is not good for food, consequently they were not fit for sacrifice, which is termed the bread or food of God (Lev 22:25). Lev 22:25, Lev 12:2, Lev 12:3, Lev 19:23, Lev 19:24; Exo 22:30
ewe: or, she goat
ye shall not kill it: This law was certainly intended to inculcate mercy and tenderness of heart; and so the Jews have understood it. Exo 23:19, Exo 34:26; Deu 14:21, Deu 22:6, Deu 22:7
Lev 7:12-15; Psa 107:22, Psa 116:17; Hos 14:2; Amo 4:5; Heb 13:15; Pe1 2:5
Lev 7:15-18, Lev 19:7; Exo 16:19, Exo 16:20
Lev 18:4, Lev 18:5, Lev 19:37; Num 15:40; Deu 4:40; Th1 4:1, Th1 4:2
I will: Lev 10:3; Isa 5:16; Mat 6:9; Luk 11:2
hallow you: Lev 22:16, Lev 20:8, Lev 21:8, Lev 21:15; Exo 19:5, Exo 19:6; Joh 17:17; Co1 1:2
Lev 11:45, Lev 19:36, Lev 25:38; Exo 6:7, Exo 20:2; Num 15:41