21:16-23
We now have a list of defects which people who have these defects are not allowed to offer food to the Lord. We need to be careful how we understand this. For we naturally, and in a sense rightly, react against this. People with disabilities must not be treated as second class in any way, but must be respected and valued. And Jesus treated everyone well. So what are we to make of this? I think it is an indication that in heaven, at Christ’s return, there will be no blind or lame, nor any of the other disabilities listed here. Everyone will be completely whole. We should also note that while prohibited from offering the food, they were allowed to eat the most holy food. When we read these verses we need to focus on what the passage is focusing on, we need to read it in a God-centred way, not a man-centred way.
21:24
This verse corresponds to 21:1, and so bookends the chapter. So now Aaron, his sons and the whole of Israel knew the instructions for priests and high priests.
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