The LORD said to Moses, 17 "Say to Aaron: 'For the generations to come none of your descendants who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God. 18 No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed; 19 no man with a crippled foot or hand, 20 or who is hunchbacked or dwarfed, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles. 21 No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect is to come near to present the offerings made to the LORD by fire. He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God. 22 He may eat the most holy food of his God, as well as the holy food; 23 yet because of his defect, he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar, and so desecrate my sanctuary. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.
What technically is the real food of Hid GOd or Holy food? Is it the Holy communion?
2007-06-30 10:06:49 · 3 answers · asked by don't ask! 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What these verses indicates is that those in priestly families could be supported by the priesthood. The barring of physically defective persons as priests was no bar to fellowship with God, only a bar against the public service of God in the tabernacle itself. The prohibition against those with physical defects was meant to point to the even more obvious need to be free from spiritual defect when coming to God.
The "holy food" in this case was things such as the show-bread and the sin-offerings, as well as the tithes and first-fruits, and the priests’ share of the peace-offerings.
2007-06-30 10:27:23 · answer #1 · answered by thundercatt9 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well that was written before there was such a thing as communion so no.
I think they mean beer and pretzels.
2007-06-30 10:10:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My understand is that it was rhubarb pie. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
2007-06-30 10:12:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋