15Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-15)More was expected from a priest than from other people, but more from the high priest than from other priests, because upon his head the anointing oil was poured , and he was consecrated to put on the garments (Lev. 21:10), both which were typical of the anointing and adorning of the Lord Jesus, with all the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit, which he received without measure. It is called the c…
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