Leviticus 21 and 22 cover rules for priests
Because the priests job is to present the offerings of the people to God and as such their duty to God has to come first
A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean for anybody apart from a close family member (immediate family only, family by marriage is not allowed)
Priests are not allowed to shave their heads or beards nor cut themselves, or profane in the name of God.
They are restricted on who they can marry (Catholic priests must mostly abstain from marriage to this day)
A priest's daughter may not become a prostitute - children of clergy who are married often either follow into faith or the totally rebel and turn completely against religion - but burning them seems a bit extreme, hopefully this is not burning alive, which is really horrific.
The High priest (Who alone is allowed to go into the most holy areas of the temple) has to remain ceremonially clean even if an immediate relative dies - this seems extreme to me.
One question in the open letter to Dr Laura is covered at the end of chapter 21 - Does God require that only able bodied priests are allowed to offer sacrifices at the alter?
His particular question is does a priest have to have 20:20 vision?
According to the Bible bodily deformity (damaged hand, foot, lame, blindness deafness) mean that a priest may not offer sacrifices - note these unfortunate people may still eat the meat of the sacrifice along with everybody else so they have a means of support.
Chapter 22 starts with respect for the sacrificial animals, any priest who is ritually unclean who comes to make a sacrifice will lose his job.
The rules on leprosy, and other things that make one ceremonially unlean also applies to the priest, who must bathe and remain unclean for the rest of the day. This could be a big deal as he is not allowed to eat any of the sacrificial meat or bread.
There are rules regarding who is allowed to eat the holy food, If somebody who is not allowed eats by accident he must add 20% to what he eat.
The rest of the chapter basically says that God demands the best, unblemished animals for sacrifice, lame, blind and deformed are not allowed as the regular sacrifice.
However a freewill offering is allowed to be deformed, but if you promise to sacrifice an animal you are not allowed to substitute another animal , if you do God will expect both.
Because the priests job is to present the offerings of the people to God and as such their duty to God has to come first
A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean for anybody apart from a close family member (immediate family only, family by marriage is not allowed)
Priests are not allowed to shave their heads or beards nor cut themselves, or profane in the name of God.
They are restricted on who they can marry (Catholic priests must mostly abstain from marriage to this day)
A priest's daughter may not become a prostitute - children of clergy who are married often either follow into faith or the totally rebel and turn completely against religion - but burning them seems a bit extreme, hopefully this is not burning alive, which is really horrific.
The High priest (Who alone is allowed to go into the most holy areas of the temple) has to remain ceremonially clean even if an immediate relative dies - this seems extreme to me.
One question in the open letter to Dr Laura is covered at the end of chapter 21 - Does God require that only able bodied priests are allowed to offer sacrifices at the alter?
His particular question is does a priest have to have 20:20 vision?
According to the Bible bodily deformity (damaged hand, foot, lame, blindness deafness) mean that a priest may not offer sacrifices - note these unfortunate people may still eat the meat of the sacrifice along with everybody else so they have a means of support.
Chapter 22 starts with respect for the sacrificial animals, any priest who is ritually unclean who comes to make a sacrifice will lose his job.
The rules on leprosy, and other things that make one ceremonially unlean also applies to the priest, who must bathe and remain unclean for the rest of the day. This could be a big deal as he is not allowed to eat any of the sacrificial meat or bread.
There are rules regarding who is allowed to eat the holy food, If somebody who is not allowed eats by accident he must add 20% to what he eat.
The rest of the chapter basically says that God demands the best, unblemished animals for sacrifice, lame, blind and deformed are not allowed as the regular sacrifice.
However a freewill offering is allowed to be deformed, but if you promise to sacrifice an animal you are not allowed to substitute another animal , if you do God will expect both.
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