Leviticus 21:8
and offrith the looues of settyng forth; therfor be he hooly, for `Y am the hooli Lord that halewith you.
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Exodus 19:14And Moises cam doun fro the hil to the puple, and halewide it; and whanne thei hadden waischun her clothis,
Exodus 29:1But also thou schalt do this, that thei be sacrid to me in preesthod; take thou a calf of the droue, and twei rammes with out wem,
Leviticus 11:44for Y am youre Lord God; be ye hooli, for Y am hooli. Defoule ye not youre soulis in ech crepynge `beeste which is moued on erthe; for Y am the Lord,
Leviticus 20:7Be ye halewid, and be ye hooli, for Y am hooli, youre Lord God.
Leviticus 21:6and thei schulen not defoule his name; for thei offren encense of the Lord, and the looues of her God, and therfore thei schulen be hooli.
Numbers 28:2Offre ye bi her tymes myn offryng, and looues, and encense of swettist odour.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 21:2-10
Laws Concerning the Priests. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. 4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his… Read the whole commentary →