Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:5
Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
Against his family, i.e. either,
1. His posterity, whom God threatened to punish for their fathers idolatry, Exo 20. Or,
2. His people, as that word is used, Jer 8:3; Mic 2:3, to wit, the people of that land, who by their connivance make themselves guilty of his sin, Lev 20:4. Or,
3. His disciples and followers, who are oft called the sons or children of their masters. And so it may seem to be explained in the following words,
all that go a whoring after him, as the first clause, which concerns the head or chief person himself, I will set my face against that man, is explained by these words, I will cut him off.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Then I will set my face against that man,…. That man that sees him do the fact, and winks at it, or the judge that connives at him, and will not condemn him, as well as the man that has committed the iniquity:
and against his family; either the family of the witness, who could and should have testified against him, or of the judge negligent of his office, or of the man himself, whose family must be privy to so shocking an action, and were abettors of it, and aiders and assisters in it; and so Onkelos renders it, “and his helpers”:
and will cut him off: the head of the family, whether judge, witness, or the criminal himself:
and all that go a whoring after him: that commit the like idolatry after his example, and encouraged to it by the connivance of others at it:
to commit whoredom with Molech; that is, idolatry, which is spiritual whoredom, and often so called in Scripture, and with great propriety; for since God had espoused these people to himself, and was their husband, as he was from the time of his bringing them out of Egypt, and making a covenant with them, Jer 31:32; and their sacrificing to and serving other gods being a breach of their matrimonial covenant with him, it was no other than whoredom in a spiritual sense, for which he threatens to cut them off:
from among their people; by an immature death, even all that were guilty of such abominable actions, or made themselves accessory to them, by any ways conniving at them, either as judges or witnesses.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(5) Then I will set my face.In that case God himself will show His anger. (See Lev. 20:3, and Lev. 17:10.) He will interpose to execute just judgment.
And against his family.Because they would naturally be privy to it, and aid and abet the father in this crime, they, as well as all those who joined in this idolatrous worship, will be cut off by God himself.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 20:5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
Ver. 5. I will set my face against that man. ] See the reason in Eze 16:20-21 , “Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, that thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to pass through the fire for them?” This was an enraging sin; such as God is absolute in threatening, and will be as resolute in punishing.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
family. Compare Eze 18:2, and note the contrast. Jer 31:29
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
I will: Lev 17:10
against his: Exo 20:5, Jer 32:28-35, Jer 32:39
whoring: Lev 17:7, Psa 106:39, Jer 3:2, Hos 2:5, Hos 2:13
Reciprocal: Exo 34:15 – whoring Lev 23:30 – General Lev 26:17 – set 2Ch 21:11 – fornication Jer 2:9 – with your Jer 44:11 – I will Hos 4:12 – gone