Matthew Poole and continuators on Leviticus 22:7
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Leviticus22:7
7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things, because it is his food .
(i. e.) His portion, the means of his subsistence. This may be added, to signifie why there was no greater nor longer a penalty put upon the Priests than upon the people in the same case, Levit. 11. and. 15. because his necessity craved some mitigation: Though otherwise the Priests being more sacred persons, and obliged to greater care and exemplariness deserved a greater punishment.
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