“They shall not take a wife who is a harlot or a defiled woman, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for the priest is holy to his God.”-Leviticus 21:7 What we notice about Leviticus 21:7 is that the same law that prevented a priest from marrying a woman who was degraded by […]

“A priest is not to marry a woman who is a prostitute, who has been profaned or who has been divorced; because he is holy for his God.  Rather, you are to set him apart as holy, because he offers the bread of your God; he is to be holy for you, because I, YHVH, who […]

“They must be holy to their God and must not profane the name of their God. Because they present the food offerings to the Lord, the food of their God, they are to be holy.”-Leviticus 21:6 In Leviticus 21:6, we encounter the interesting phrase “the food of their God”. Other translations say “the bread of […]

“The priests are not to make bald spots on their heads, mar the edges of their beards or cut gashes in their flesh.  Rather, they are to be holy for their God and not profane the name of their God. For they are the ones who present Adonai with offerings made by fire, the bread […]

Today I want to continue the discussion we began yesterday about a common challenge that faces all believers. I’m talking about a situation where in order to exercise love and compassion to another, we sometimes have to break God’s rules concerning ritual purity. To be honest, sometimes I wish God’s commands on ritual purity weren’t […]