Leviticus - 21:19



19 or a man who has an injured foot, or an injured hand,

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 21:19.

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Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed,
If his foot, or if his hand be broken,
or a man in whom there is a breach in the foot, or a breach in the hand,
Or a man with broken feet or hands,
Aut vir in quo fuerit fractura pedis, vel fractura manus:

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Broken-footed, or broken-handed - Club-footed, bandy-legged, etc.; or having the ankle, wrist, or fingers dislocated.

Or a man that is brokenfooted or brokenhanded. That has any of the bones or joints in his hands and feet broke, or when they are distorted, and he is clubfooted, or his fingers crooked and clustered together; and such a man could not be fit to ascend the altar, and lay the sacrifice in order upon it; and may be an emblem of such as are awkward or disorderly in their walk and conservation, and to every good work and action unfit, and so unfit for their master's use.

Whoever had a fracture in his foot or hand.

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