Bible Commentary

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. 35, 36. Uprightness enjoined in judgement and in commercial dealings. Cp. Deu 25:13-16; Eze 45:9 ff. meteyard ] lit. (Anglo-Saxon met-geard) a measuring rod. For the word see Taming of the Shrew, iv. 3. 153. ephah hin ] The former was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 19:35”

[But] the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God. As one born among you; either, 1. As to the matters of common right, as it here … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 19:34”

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. 33, 34. Cp. Exo 22:21; Exo 23:9; Deu 10:19; cp. Mal 3:5. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges The stranger – The foreigner. See Lev 16:29 note; Exo 23:9. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible Lev 19:33-34 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 19:33”

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD. 32. rise up, etc.] Herodotus (ii. 80) speaks of this and other acts of respect on the part of youth to age as practised by the Egyptians, to whom, according to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 19:32”

Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God. 31. familiar spirits wizards ] Cp. ch. Lev 20:6; Lev 20:27. For the difference between the two see Driver on Deu 18:11. The former expression ( ’b) may be rendered ghost. Its oracles … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 19:31”

Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I [am] the LORD. 30. Ye shall keep my sabbaths ] Cp. Lev 19:3. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Lev 19:30 Ye shall keep My Sabbaths. Sabbatic pause Sabbath is a compound condition of the body and the soul. Misrepresentation of Sabbath, the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 19:30”

Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. 29. For ‘the land’ in the sense of its inhabitants, cp. Lev 18:25; Jdg 18:30; Hos 1:2. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 29. Do not prostitute … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 19:29”

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD. Lev 19:28 Cuttings in your flesh for the dead. The wild and frantic demonstrations of grief so common among eastern dud southern nations, included cuts and incisions in the body, among the Hebrews, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 19:28”

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 27. round the corners of your heads ] i.e. cut off the hair from the temples. Cp. Jer 9:26; Jer 25:23; Jer 49:32. According to Herod. (iii. 8) it had a religious significance with certain Arab tribes. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 19:27”

Ye shall not eat [any thing] with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. 26. with the blood ] The LXX. has here instead ‘upon the mountains,’ probably influenced by the phrase in Eze 18:6; Eze 22:9, which, however, according to Rob.-Sm. ( Kinship, p. 312), should be assimilated to accord with … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 19:26”