Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 24:22
Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I [am] the LORD your God.
Verse 22. Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger as for one of your own country] Equal laws, where each individual receives the same protection and the same privileges, are the boast only of a sound political constitution. He who respects and obeys the laws has a right to protection and support, and his person and property are as sacred in the sight of justice as the person and property of the prince. He who does not obey the laws of his country forfeits all right and title to protection and privilege; his own actions condemn him, and justice takes him up on the evidence of his own transgressions. He who does what is right need not fear the power of the civil magistrate, for he holds the sword only to punish transgressors. Universal obedience to the laws is the duty of every citizen; none can do more, none should do less: therefore each individual in a well regulated state must have equal rights and privileges in every thing that relates to the safety of his person, and the security of his property. Reader, such was the Mosaic code; such IS the BRITISH CONSTITUTION.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
One manner of law, to wit, in matters of common right, but not as to church privileges.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Ye shall have one manner of law,…. Respecting the above things, blaspheming of the name of God, taking away the life of man, or of any beast, and of doing damage to either:
as well for the stranger as for one of your own country; the above laws were binding upon proselytes as well as Israelites, and proselytes of the gate as well as proselytes of righteousness, though the Jews commonly restrain it to the latter:
for I [am] the Lord your God; whose name is holy and reverend, and ought not to be blasphemed; and who is the Maker and preserver of man and beast, and made these laws respecting them, and expected they should be obeyed, especially by the children of Israel, whose covenant God and Father he was, and they under the greatest obligation to serve and obey him.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
22. Ye shall have one manner of law. That the people of Israel, with their usual arrogance, might not suppose the race of Abraham only to be privileged, the Law is extended also to foreigners; and thus God shows that the whole body of the human race are under His care, so that He would not have those that are farthest off exposed to the licentious violence of the ungodly. In other points tie provided special privileges for His elect people; but here, because He created all men without exception after His own image, He takes them under His care and protection, so that none might injure them with impunity.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(22) Ye shall have one manner of law.Not in the case of blasphemy (see Lev. 24:16), but in all the instances just adduced, the same penal statutes apply to the non-Israelite and stranger.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
22. One manner of law The Hebrew is more definite and concise one mishpat, verdict or judgment. Thus the amenability of foreigners to all the penalties of the Hebrew criminal law is emphasized with the utmost distinctness.
The stranger Since many strangers were slaves, it follows from Lev 24:17 that the wilful murder of a slave entailed the same punishment as in the case of a freeman.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Lev 24:22. Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, &c. This was a merciful provision that strangers might not be treated unjustly, God declaring that one and the same law should judge the native and the stranger. For “I am the Lord your God,” says he; “a just and holy God, and who will have no respect to persons in judgment.”
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
manner of law = rule or regulation. Hebrew. mishpat = judgment.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Lev 17:10, Lev 19:34, Exo 12:49, Num 9:14, Num 15:15, Num 15:16, Num 15:29
Reciprocal: Num 35:15 – General Deu 1:16 – the stranger Jos 8:33 – stranger Eze 14:7 – of the stranger
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 24:22-23. One law That is, in matters of common right, but not as to church privileges. Stone him with stones This blasphemer was the first that died by the law of Moses. Stephen, the first that died for the gospel, died by the abuse of the law. The martyr and the malefactor suffered the same death; but how vast the difference between them!