Bible Commentary

And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: 1. Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron ] A quite unusual formula, not occurring elsewhere in the Pentateuch. defile himself for the dead ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 21:1”

A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood [shall be] upon them. 27. See on Lev 19:31. This supplementary precept is not identical with the earlier one. Here the subject is the person within … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:27”

And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD [am] holy, and have severed you from [other] people, that ye should be mine. Lev 20:26 Ye shall be holy unto Me: for I the Lord am holy. Holiness enforced I. Let us endeavour to explain the meaning, and the force of that reason … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:26”

Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. 25. The injunction that careful discrimination … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:25”

But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I [am] the LORD your God, which have separated you from [other] people. Verse 24. A land that floweth with milk and honey] See this explained … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:24”

And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation which I cast out before you,…. Nation seems to be put for nations, for there were … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:23”

Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spew you not out. 22 24. An exhortation fundamentally in agreement with Lev 18:24-30. The idea of a separation from other nations is prominent in connexion with that of holiness. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:22”

And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it [is] an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless. Except in the case allowed by God, Deu 25:5. An unclean thing; an abominable thing, like the uncleanness of a menstruous woman, which is oft expressed by this word: Heb. a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:21”

And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. They shall die childless – Either the offspring should not be regarded as lawfully theirs, nor be entitled to any hereditary privileges, or they should have no blessing in their … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:20”

And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister,…. An aunt either by mother or father’s side, against which the law … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:19”