Bible Commentary

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and borne a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. 2. Compare Gen 17:12; Exo 22:29-30; Luk 1:59; Php 3:5. Reference is here made to the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 12:2”

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, 1. These precepts are addressed to Moses only. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges This chapter would more naturally follow the 15th chapter of Leviticus. See the note to Lev 15:1. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible Lev 12:1-8 She shall Be unclean. Birth-sin and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 12:1”

To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten. 47. make a difference between theunclean and the cleanthat is, between animals used and notused for food. It is probable that the laws contained in this chapterwere not entirely … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 11:47”

This [is] the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth: 46. creepeth ] swarmeth. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 46, 47. Summary. It refers only to the rules about eating, and so … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 11:46”

For I [am] the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I [am] holy. 45. The reason for these prescriptions is given; it is the same as in H. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges For I am the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 11:45”

For I [am] the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I [am] holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. These verses set forth the spiritual ground on which the distinction between clean and unclean is based. Compare … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 11:44”

Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth,…. With any creeping thing that flies in the air, excepting the four sorts of locusts, Le 11:22 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 11:43”

Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon [all] four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they [are] an abomination. Whatsoever goeth upon the belly – i. e. all footless reptiles, and mollusks, snakes of all kinds, snails, slugs, and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 11:42”

And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth [shall be] an abomination; it shall not be eaten. 41. creeping thing that creepeth ] swarming thing that swarmeth, and so in Lev 11:42-44 except the last part of Lev 11:44 ‘that moveth ( creepeth A.V.) upon the earth.’ 43 45 may be an excerpt from … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 11:41”

And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. 40. Eating the carcase is forbidden as in Deu 14:21. According to Lev 17:15, the eater must also … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 11:40”