[[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[Leviticus Overview]] [[Leviticus 20]] [[Leviticus 22]] # Leviticus 21 📖 > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]] [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### Rules for the Priests [[#Verse 01.]] The Lord said to Moses, “Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron—say to them: ‘For a dead person no priest is to defile himself among his people, [[#Verse 02.]] except for his close relative who is near to him—his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,  [[#Verse 03.]] and his virgin sister who is near to him, who has no husband—he may defile himself for her.  [[#Verse 04.]] He must not defile himself as a husband among his people so as to profane himself.  [[#Verse 05.]] Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body. [[#Verse 06.]] “‘They must be holy to their God, and they must not profane the name of their God, because they are the ones who present the Lord’s gifts, the food of their God. Therefore they must be holy.  [[#Verse 07.]] They must not take a wife defiled by prostitution, nor are they to take a wife divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God. [[#Verse 08.]] You must sanctify him because he presents the food of your God. He must be holy to you because I, the Lord who sanctifies you all, am holy.  [[#Verse 09.]] If a daughter of a priest profanes herself by engaging in prostitution, she is profaning her father. She must be burned to death. ### Rules for the High Priest [[#Verse 10.]] “‘The high priest—who is greater than his brothers, and on whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments—must neither dishevel the hair of his head nor tear his garments. [[#Verse 11.]] He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father or for his mother.  [[#Verse 12.]] He must not go out from the sanctuary and must not profane the sanctuary of his God, because the dedication of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the Lord.  [[#Verse 13.]] He must take a wife who is a virgin.  [[#Verse 14.]] He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one profaned by prostitution; he may only take a virgin from his people as a wife,  [[#Verse 15.]] so that he does not profane his children among his people, for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.’” ### Rules for the Priesthood [[#Verse 16.]] The Lord spoke to Moses: [[#Verse 17.]] “Tell Aaron, ‘No man from your descendants throughout their generations who has a physical flaw is to approach to present the food of his God.  [[#Verse 18.]] Certainly no man who has a physical flaw is to approach: a blind man, or one who is lame, or one with a slit nose, or who has a limb too long, [[#Verse 19.]] or a man who has had a broken leg or arm,  [[#Verse 20.]] or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or one with a spot in his eye, or a festering eruption, or a feverish rash, or a crushed testicle.  [[#Verse 21.]] No man from the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a physical flaw may step forward to present the Lord’s gifts; he has a physical flaw, so he must not step forward to present the food of his God.  [[#Verse 22.]] He may eat both the most holy and the holy food of his God,  [[#Verse 23.]] but he must not go near the special curtain or step forward to the altar because he has a physical flaw. Thus he must not profane my holy places, for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’” [[#Verse 24.]] So Moses spoke these things to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites. ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📌 Observation 1 - 📌 Observation 2 - 📌 Observation 3 - (Add more as needed.) %% %% #### Today, I can apply this chapter by: - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." (You can link to deeper notes if you want later.) %% ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 coming soon. - 🔗 coming soon. %% Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 %% ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write 3–6 sentences reflecting on: - How this chapter encourages your faith, - Convicts your heart, - Reveals God's character. Optional format: "In light of this chapter, I am challenged to..." or "I am comforted by..." %% ##### 📂 Internal Links/Personal Notes