Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 7:20
But the soul that eateth [of] the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that [pertain] unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Verse 20. Having his uncleanness upon him] Having touched any unclean thing by which he became legally defiled, and had not washed his clothes, and bathed his flesh.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The soul that eateth knowingly; for if it were done ignorantly, a sacrifice was accepted for it, Lev 5:2.
Having his uncleanness upon him, i.e. not being cleansed from his uncleanness according to the appointment, Lev 11:24, &c. This verse speaks of uncleanness from an internal cause, as by an issue, &c., for what was from an external cause is spoken of in the next verse.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
20. cut off from his peoplethatis, excluded from the privileges of an Israelitelie under asentence of excommunication.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
But the soul that eateth [of] the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offerings, that [pertain] unto the Lord,…. That are offered up to him, and so are holy, and therefore not to be eaten by unholy persons, or by any
having his uncleanness upon him; a profluvious person that has an issue running out of him, a gonorrhoea; see Le 15:2
even that soul shall be cut off from his people; be disfranchised as an Israelite, be debarred the privileges of the sanctuary, or be cut off by death before the usual time and term of man’s life; so those that eat and drink unworthily in the supper of our Lord, where his flesh is eaten and his blood drank, eat and drink damnation to themselves, 1Co 11:29.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(20, 21) But the soul that eateth, &cAny one who partakes of the Lords holy peace offering in a state of legal defilement, arising either from contact with unclean men or objects (see Lev. 11:8-44; Lev. 15:1-33), incurs the penalty of excision.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
20. The soul having his uncleanness This verse implies that there is an order in the religious exercises of the Hebrews. The ceremonially impure could bring but one acceptable oblation, the sin offering, for the removal of his defilement. Eucharistic offerings from hands impure are not a sweet savour unto Jehovah, but a stench in his nostrils. The first duty of an impenitent sinner is not to lay earthly holocausts upon God’s altar, but to “cease to do evil.”
That soul shall be cut off from his people This must be understood as the punishment of an audacious and defiant trampling down of Jehovah’s authority, a high-handed sin, and not a mere inadvertence. The cutting off denotes not mere excommunication, but, “the punishment of death in general, without defining the manner.” Gesenius. Probation is made up of small things. These are tests of character more practicable than requirements of greater seeming importance. Divine authority infuses a moral element into mere ritualism.
Hence positive precepts, as the Christian sacraments, are often a higher test of faith than commandments, which find their reason in man’s moral nature. See Butler’s Analogy, part ii, chap. 1.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Lev 7:20 But the soul that eateth [of] the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that [pertain] unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Ver. 20. Having his uncleanness upon him. ] To the unclean all things are unclean, &c. Tit 1:15 See Trapp on “ Tit 1:15 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
uncleanness. See Lev 11:8-44; Lev 15:1-33.
cut off, &c. This phrase, variously translated, occurs (in Hebrew) six times in Leviticus: Lev 7:20, Lev 7:21, Lev 7:25, Lev 7:27; Lev 19:8; Lev 23:29. Compare the other phrase, “. from My presence”. See Lev 22:3.
his = her in Hebrew Fem, to agree with Heb nehesh, soul.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
having: Lev 15:2, Lev 15:3-33, 1Co 11:28
shall be: Gen 17:14
Reciprocal: Exo 30:33 – cut off Lev 7:21 – cut off Lev 7:27 – that soul Lev 22:3 – having his uncleanness upon him Num 19:13 – his uncleanness Deu 26:14 – eaten Neh 7:65 – that they should