Holly Bible - KJV with Concise Commentaries by Z Selam - HTML preview
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6 the soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even,
and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward
eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
8 That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to
defile himself therewith: I am the Lord.
9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it,
and die therefore, if they profane it: I the Lord do sanctify them.
10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the
priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
11 But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and
he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
The holy things were to be eaten by the priests and their families. Now,
Here is a law that no stranger should eat of them, that is, no person whatsoever but the priests only, and those that pertained to them, Le 22:10. The priests are charged with this care, not to profane the holy things by permitting the strangers to eat of them (Le 22:15) or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass (Le 22:16); that is, suffer them to bring guilt upon themselves, by meddling with that which they have no right to. Thus it is commonly understood. Note, We must not only be careful that we do not bear iniquity ourselves, but we must do what we can to prevent others bearing it. We must not only not suffer sin to lie upon our brother, but, if we can help it, we must not suffer it to come upon him. But perhaps there is another meaning of those words: the priests' eating the sin-offerings is said to signify their bearing the iniquity of the congregation, to make an atonement for them, Le 10:17. Let not a stranger therefore eat of that holy thing particularly, and so pretend to bear the iniquity of trespass; for it is daring presumption for any to do that, but such as are appointed to do it. Those that set up other mediators besides Christ our priest, to bear the iniquity of trespass, sacrilegiously rob Christ of his honour, and