Bible Commentary

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I [am] the LORD. 5. I am the Lord ] For the significance of this often repeated expression, see pp. xlviii f. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges If a man keeps the statutes … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 18:5”

Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I [am] the LORD your God. My judgments and mine ordinances; mine universally, Deu 27:26; Gal 3:10; for though the words be indefinite, the matter is necessary; and mine solely, Deu 6:13, compared with Mat 4:10, and therefore those that here follow, though … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 18:4”

After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. See the Lev 18:24-30 note. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible Verse 3. The doings … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 18:3”

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God. 2. Purity in remoter relationships. The first Pentad: Relationships through marriage, Lev 18:16-19. The second Pentad: Purity outside of the family, Lev 18:20-23. To the exhortation concluding with ‘I am the Lord your God’ ( Lev 18:30) he would … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 18:2”

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, 1. Purity in those connected through the relationship of parent and child. The first Pentad: Kinship of the first degree, Lev 18:6-10. The second Pentad: Kinship of the second degree, Lev 18:11-15. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Lev 18:1-5 Ye shall do My judgments Safety … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 18:1”

But if he wash [them] not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity. 16. See on Lev 19:26. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges i.e. The punishment of it, and therefore must offer a sacrifice for it. Lev 5:1,2; 7:18 Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 17:16”

And every soul that eateth that which died [of itself], or that which was torn [with beasts, whether it be] one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. 15. Cp. Lev 7:24, Lev … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 17:15”

For [it is] the life of all flesh; the blood of it [is] for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh [is] the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. Verse 14. Ye … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 17:14”

And whatsoever man [there be] of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. 13. of the children of Israel ] The Samaritan text and certain … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 17:13”

Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, no soul of you shall eat blood,…. Great or small as Jarchi observes, for the reason above given; which, though not expressed … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 17:12”