SEV Biblia, Chapter 21:10
¶ Y el sumo sacerdote entre sus hermanos, sobre cuya cabeza fue derramado el aceite de la unción, y que fue consagrado para vestir las vestimentas, no descubrirá su cabeza, ni romperá sus vestidos;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Leviticus 21:10
Verse 10. He that is the high priest] This is the first place where this title is introduced; the title is very emphatic, lwdgh hkh haccohen haggadol, that priest, the great one. For the meaning of hk cohen, see the note on "Gen. xiv. 18". As the chief or high priest was a representative of our blessed Lord, therefore he was required to be especially holy; and he is represented as God's king among the people.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 10. And [he that is] the high priest among his brethren , etc.] Either among his brethren, the priests, being in office above them; or among his brethren the Israelites, among and over whom he is high priest; or, as others render it, “the priest who is greater than his brethren” f746 , in an higher office; the Jews say the high priest was to be greater than his brethren, in beauty, in strength, in wisdom, and in riches; and if he had not money enough, all the priests were to give him of theirs, everyone according to his riches, until he became the richest among them all: upon whose head the anointing oil was poured ; as it was poured upon Aaron at his consecration, and those that succeeded him, ( Exodus 29:7) ( Leviticus 8:12); and that is consecrated to put on the garments ; the eight garments with which the high priest was clothed at the time of his consecration, ( Leviticus 8:7-9); and in which he and his sons are said to be consecrated, ( Exodus 29:29); in order to which he was “to fill his hand”; as the phrase here is, that is, with the fat and right shoulder of the ram of consecration, and with the loaf of bread, and cake of oiled bread, and wafer, ( Exodus 29:23,24); in all which he was a type of Christ, the great High Priest, as he is often called, who is greater than his brethren in all the above things, the high priest exceeded his brethren, except in worldly riches; and yet the earth also is his, and the fulness thereof, well as he is fairer than the children of men, stronger than the strong man armed, and the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hid in him; he is anointed also with the oil of gladness above his fellows; and all his garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia, and is consecrated an high priest for evermore: of the high priest it is said, he shall not uncover his head : that is, on account of the dead; not take off his mitre, or in any such way express mourning for the dead; or shall not nourish his hair or let it grow, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; and so Jarchi interprets it, he shall not let the hair grow for mourning; and what is nourishing of the hair? when it is let grow more than thirty days: nor rend his clothes ; that is, on the same account, and therefore Jonathan adds, in the hour of distress, or mourning for the dead; otherwise, in case of blasphemy, he might rend his clothes, (see Matthew 26:65); and indeed, according to the Jewish canons, he might rend his clothes in mourning, only in a different manner from common priests; for so they say f748 , “he may not rend for the dead, as other priests,” as it is said: “nor rend his clothes”; and if he rends he is to be beaten, but he may rend below over against (or near) his feet; and so in the Misnah f749 , an high priest rends below, and a common priest above; (see Gill on “ Leviticus 10:6”).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Laws concerning the priests. --As these priests were types of Christ, so all ministers must be followers of him, that their example may teach others to imitate the Saviour. Without blemish, and separate from sinners, He executed his priestly office on earth. What manner of persons then should his ministers be! But all are, if Christians, spiritual priests; the minister especially is called to set a good example, that the people may follow it. Our bodily infirmities, blessed be God, cannot now shu us out from his service, from these privileges, or from his heavenl glory. Many a healthful, beautiful soul is lodged in a feeble, deforme body. And those who may not be suited for the work of the ministry, ma serve God with comfort in other duties in his church __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
והכהן 3548 הגדול 1419 מאחיו 251 אשׁר 834 יוצק 3332 על 5921 ראשׁו 7218 שׁמן 8081 המשׁחה 4888 ומלא 4390 את 853 ידו 3027 ללבשׁ 3847 את 853 הבגדים 899 את 853 ראשׁו 7218 לא 3808 יפרע 6544 ובגדיו 899 לא 3808 יפרם׃ 6533
