Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 22:32
Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I [am] the LORD which hallow you,
Verse 32. Neither shall ye profane my holy name] God’s name is profaned or rendered common when we treat his commands as we often do those of our fellows, when they do not appear to have self-interest to recommend them. He therefore profanes God’s holy name who does not both implicitly believe and conscientiously obey all his words and all his precepts.
I will be hallowed among the children of Israel] The words children of Israel, beney Yishrael, which so frequently occur, should be translated either the descendants or posterity of Israel, or the people of Israel. The word children has a tendency to beget a false notion, especially in the minds of young people, and lead them to think that children, in the proper sense of the word, i. e., little ones, are meant.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Neither shall ye profane my holy name; either by despising me and my command yourselves, or by giving others occasion to profane them.
Hallowed, or sanctified: either by you in keeping my holy commands, or upon you in executing my holy and righteous judgments, Lev 10:3; Isa 26:15. I will manifest myself to be a holy God, that will not bear the transgression of my laws.
Which hallow you, by separating you from all the world unto myself and service, by giving you holy laws, and my Holy Spirit to enable and incline you to keep them; and therefore you have the more reason to hallow me and keep my commands, and are the more inexcusable if you transgress them.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Neither shall ye profane my holy name,…. By transgressing the laws of God, particularly by offering blemished sacrifices, or before the proper tithe; or by slaying the dam and its young on one day; for, as Aben Ezra observes, this is said to the sons of Aaron:
but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel; by his priests among them, and by themselves, conforming to all the precepts, and particularly the last mentioned, which respects them, and their eating up the peace offerings the same day:
I [am] the Lord which hallowed you; had separated them from all other people, and had given them holy laws to walk by, through the observance of which they would be at least externally holy.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
32. Neither shall ye profane. In forbidding the profanation of His name, He confirms in other words the foregoing sentiment; guarding by them His worship from all corruptions, that it may be maintained in purity and integrity. The same, too, is the object of the clause in apposition, which immediately follows; for they hallow God’s name who turn not away from its rightful and sincere worship. Let this be carefully observed, that whatever fancies men devise, are so many profanations of God’s name; for although the superstitious may please themselves by their imaginations, yet is all their religion full of sacrilege, whereby God complains that His holiness is profaned. Mark, also, the mutual relation, when God requires Himself to be hallowed, even as he hallows the people; for nothing can be more unseemly than for the Israelites to mix up with idols Him by whose blessing they excel all other nations. It is as though He commanded them to reflect from whence their superiority proceeded, that they may pay their debt of gratitude to Him who is its author. In sum, forasmuch as He had separated them from heathen nations, He condemns all wicked blending with them, whereby the integrity of religion is corrupted, so that He may alone have the pre-eminence, and all idols may be repudiated. (224)
(224) Addition in French,” Et reboutees bien loin.”
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
32. I will be hallowed “Reverence is the very basis of lofty character, and is the guarantee of the purity of society. When our worship falls, our conduct will go down along with it. The loftier the prayer, the tenderer will be the common speech of the day. If the children of God do not hallow him, the enemy never will. God, so to say, depends upon the loyalty of his own people for his position (reputation) in the world.” Joseph Parker. I will be regarded in your hearts, and treated in your worship, as infinitely glorious and perfectly holy. A threefold motive is applied. First, the sovereignty of Jehovah, the author of the covenant and the God of salvation. Secondly, which hallow you The calling of Israel from polytheism to monotheism, the giving of God’s holy law on Sinai, and the revelation of his own holy character as a model, were strong incentives to obedience and purity. In addition to these motives there follows a third.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Lev 22:32. Neither shall ye profane my holy name, &c. “An attentive observation of the law,” says Selden, “was called by the Hebrews, sanctification of the divine name; and the doing any thing contrary to the law, profanation of that name.”
REFLECTIONS.(1.) Our Lord Jesus was thus a lamb without spot or blemish; and when examined, no fault was found in him. (2.) It is but mockery, instead of service, to appear before God with blind devotion and lame formality: unless our souls are engaged, and our hearts given up to him, the rest is no better than abomination.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
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“I will be hallowed among the children of Israel.” Lev 22:32
Reverence is the very basis of lofty character, and is the guarantee of the purity of society. When our worship falls our conduct will go down along with it. The loftier the prayer, the tenderer will be the common speech of the day. If the children of God do not hallow him, the enemy never will. God, so to say, depends for his position in the world upon the loyalty of his own people. If we are ashamed of God, God will be ashamed of us. “Them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.” We cannot love our neighbour until we love our God The commandments, which are now but two in number, are really set in philosophical relation to one another. In this sense theology is the great philosophy of life. We cannot revere a redeeming God, and yet be careless about the moral condition of the people. We cannot pray to a throne of mercy, and then seat ourselves upon chairs of judgment. Our intensest solicitude should be expended upon the idea of true worship. To have a small conception of God is to have a small conception of life. To be irreverent in any degree towards Heaven is to be flippant in all our social relations. When a man has come away from long and profound communion with a God of purity and tenderness, it is impossible for him to either sympathise with iniquity, or to be impatient with weakness. As a debtor himself to the mercy of God, he is bound to be a creditor to the infirmities of his fellow-men. When the intellect of the Church supersedes the worship of the Church, Ichabod may be written upon its doors. The tendency of the times may be to magnify preaching above prayer, or genius above meditation: this may be to pay a flattering tribute to the spirit of so-called progress, but it is to lose the very bloom of godliness.
Fuente: The People’s Bible by Joseph Parker
Lev 22:32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I [am] the LORD which hallow you,
Ver. 32. My holy name. ] “Holy, and” therefore “reverend.” Psa 111:9 Holiness hath honour.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
holy = set apart. See note on Exo 3:5.
hallowed . . . hallow = set apart. See note on Exo 3:5.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Lev 22:2, Lev 18:21
I will: Lev 10:3, Isa 5:16, Mat 6:9, Luk 11:2
hallow you: Lev 22:16, Lev 20:8, Lev 21:8, Lev 21:15, Exo 19:5, Exo 19:6, Joh 17:17, 1Co 1:2
Reciprocal: Lev 25:38 – and to be
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 22:32. I will be hallowed Or, sanctified, either by you, in keeping my holy commands, or upon you, in executing my holy and righteous judgments. I will manifest myself to be a holy God, that will not bear the transgression of my laws. I am the Lord who hallow you Who have separated you to myself as a special people.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
22:32 Neither shall ye {k} profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I [am] the LORD which hallow you,
(k) For whoever does otherwise than God commands pollutes his Name.