How to be a Holy Man
Chapter 21
I. Mourn in moderation (1-6)
II. Marry well (7-8)
III. Control your daughter (9)
IV. No physical blemishes, handicaps or disabilities (16-26)
Chapter 22
V. Keep yourself clean (1-9)
VI. Keep the holy things from strangers (10-16)
VII. Offer only perfect sacrifices (17-33)
Note: The high priest was held to a stricter accountability (chapter 21, verses 10-15)
Meditation Points:
- Death, as common as it is in our lives, must not hinder or halt the work of God.
!2 Timothy 2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
- Priests and pastors are to watch over their children’s affairs.
!1 Timothy 3:4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
- If the bride of the earthly priest must be chaste, how much more so the bride of Christ, the great High Priest!
!Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
- Unbelieving foreigners are to be kept away from the holy things.
!Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
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