From Nave’s Topical Bible
Blemish
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 4Passages listed
- 3Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- (A physical deformity)
- Debarred sons of Aaron from exercise of priestly officesLeviticus 21:17–23
- Animals with, forbidden to be used for sacrificeLeviticus 22:19–25
- FIGURATIVEEphesians 5:271 Peter 1:19
The passages, in Bible order (4)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 4 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Leviticus 21:17–23
“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.
Commentary on Leviticus 21:17–232 voices
I know also that not even bodily blemishes in either priests or victims passed without notice, but that it was required by the law that perfect sacrifices must be offered by perfect men—a symbol, I take it, of integrity of soul.
Gregory of Nazianzus· ORATION 2 (IN DEFENSE OF HIS FLIGHT TO PONTUS) 94, 390Patristic
Whosoever - hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God - Never was a wiser, a more rational, and a more expedient law enacted relative to sacred matters. The man who ministers in holy things, who professes to be the interpreter of the will of God, should have nothing in his person nor in his manner which cannot contribute to render him respectable in the eyes of those to whom he ministers.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Leviticus 22:19–25
must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
Commentary on Leviticus 22:19–252 voices
Ye shall offer at your own will,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Ye shall offer at your own will a male - Rather, That it may be accepted (so Lev 22:29) for you it shall be a male. See Lev 1:3. It is the same phrase as in Lev 22:20-21, Lev 22:27.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Ephesians 5:27
and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
Commentary on Ephesians 5:272 voices
Holiness and glory are inseparable. "Cleansing" is the necessary preliminary to both. Holiness is glory internal; glory is holiness shining forth outwardly.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
Do you therefore, who attend to the laws of God, esteem those laws more honourable than the necessities of this life, and pay a greater respect to them, and run together to the Church of the Lord, "which He has purchased with the blood of Christ, the beloved, the first-born of every creature."
Apostolic Constitutions· Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book 2, 380Patristic
- 1 Peter 1:19
but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
Commentary on 1 Peter 1:192 voices
" And, for fear you should fly to that statement for a licence to fornication, on the ground that you will be sinning against a thing which is yours, not the Lord's, he takes you away from yourself, and awards you, according to his previous disposition, to Christ: "And ye are not your own; "immediately opposing (thereto), "for bought ye are with a price"-the blood, to wit, of the Lord: "glorify and extol the Lord in your body.
Tertullian· On Modesty, 220Patristic
But with the precious blood of Christ,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed