And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I [am] the LORD which sanctify you. i.e. Who separated you from all nations, and from their impurities and idolatries, to be a peculiar people to myself, and therefore I will not suffer you to follow their examples. Or, who really sanctify you, and give you … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:8”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:7
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I [am] the LORD your God. 7. Almost verbally identical with Lev 11:44 a. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 7-19. Sanctify yourselves therefore,and be ye holyThe minute specification of the incestuous andunnatural crimes here enumerated shows their sad prevalence amongstthe idolatrous nations around, and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:7”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:6
And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. 6. familiar spirits wizards ] See on Lev 19:31. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:6”
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, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:5”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:4
And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not: 4. hide their eyes ] i.e. disregard. For the expression in this sense cp. Pro 28:27; Isa 1:15. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges i.e. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:4”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:3
And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. I will set my face against that man, i.e. deal with him as an enemy, and make him … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:3”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:2
Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever [he be] of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth [any] of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 2. Moreover ] This introduction … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:2”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:1
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, The crimes which are condemned in Lev. 18; 19 on purely spiritual ground, have here special punishments allotted to them as offences against the well-being of the nation. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible CHAPTER XX Of giving seed to Molech, and the punishment of this crime, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:1”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 19:37
Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I [am] the LORD. Verse 37. Shall ye observe all my statutes] chukkothi, from chak, to describe, mark, or trace out; the righteousness which I have described, and the path of duty which I have traced out. Judgments, mishpatai, from shaphat, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 19:37”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 19:36
Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. Verse 36. Just balances] Scales, steel-yard, &c. Weights, abanim, stones, as the weights appear to have been originally formed out of stones. Ephah, hin, &c., see … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 19:36”