16 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be
of thy seed in their generations that hath any
ablemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his
God.
18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a
blemish, he shall not approacha: a
blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing
asuperfluous,
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18a whatsoever man he be that
hath a blemish, he shall not approach This very particular
restriction concerning a man of any blemish whatsoever was only very
specifically applied to that High Priest who was to proxy as the Messiah,
the Great High Priest, in offering withing the vail on the day of atonement
before the mercy seat of God. It was not a general application to all priests,
but only unto that one in particular. The outward performances of the duties
of the priests of the temple he could do, even unto the eating of the bread,
but not unto the 'offering of the bread and to the approaching the vail'. For
these things, only a priest who was without blemish, as the Son of God would
so be without blemish, that priest representing that redeemer, in so
performing those very particular performances. In short, the priest who would
proxy as the redeemer, he was not to have a blemish. In performing all the
other duties of the priest, they could so perform, but not in that which
was to symbolize the Lord. Thus this was not a discrmination against the
'handicapped or mamed, but it was in similitude of the unblemished Messiah.
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