(November 18, 2015 at 7:41 pm)drfuzzy Wrote:Don't miss the tie-in between Leviticus 21-18-21 and the story about Jesus' crucifixion in John 19:33 where the soldiers did not break Jesus' legs.
Quote:"For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken. No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God." (Leviticus 21:18-21)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...;MEV;VOICE
The point of including that detail in John chapter 19 is to validate the passage from Leviticus that a man with a physical defect could not approach to offer the bread of his God. It shows that the OT Law was still in effect. If Jesus had ended up with broken legs he could not do the religious ritual.