Leviticus 21:20

“Or crookbackt, etc.] That has a protuberance, or bunch upon his back, one that we commonly call “hunchbacked”; the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem paraphrase it, “whose eyebrows lying cover his eyes;” and so Jarchi, interprets it, the hair of whose eyebrows is long and lying; and so other Jewish writers understand it of some deformity about the eyes, the hair of the eyebrows being thick and heavy over them, and so hinder the sight, at least it makes the person not so sightly and graceful; it is said f768, he that hath no eyebrows, or but one eyebrow, is the “Gibben” (the word here used) spoken of in the law, (<032120>Leviticus 21:20): or a dwarf; one of a small stature, as Aben Ezra, as…”

“He was not treated as an outcast, but enjoyed his privileges as a son of Aaron, except in regard to active duties. Leviticus 21:20 A dwarf - One who is small and wasted, either short, as in the text, or slender, as in the margin. It is hardly likely that dwarfishness would be overlooked in this enumeration. So most critical authorities. Scurry or scabbed - These words most probably include all affected with any skin disease. Leviticus 21:22 See Leviticus 2:3 note; Leviticus 6:25 note. Leviticus 21:23 Sanctuaries - The places especially holy, including the most holy place, the holy place, and the altar. This law is of course to be regarded as one development of the great principle that all…”

“a dwarf: or, too slender or hath: Deu 23:1 Leviticus 21:21”

“גּבּן a hump-backed man. דּק, lit., crushed to powder, fine: as distinguished from the former, it signified one how had an unnaturally thin or withered body or member, not merely consumptive or wasted away. בּעינו תּבלּל mixed, i.e., spotted in his eye, one who had a white speck in his eye (Onk., Vulg., Saad.), not blear-eyed (lxx). גּרב, which occurs nowhere else except in Lev 22:22 and Deu 28:27, signifies, according to the ancient versions, the itch; and ילּפת, which only occurs here and in Lev 22:22, the ring-worm (lxx, Targ., etc.). אשׁך מרוח, crushed in the stones, one who had crushed or softened stones; for in Isa 38:21, the only other place where מרח occurs, it signifies, not to rub…”