Leviticus 19:1
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SPEAK UNTO ALL THE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND SAY UNTO THEM, YE SHALL BE HOLY: FOR I THE LORD YOUR GOD AM HOLY._ Speak unto all the congregation. Many of the laws enumerated in this chapter had been previously announced. Since they were, however, of a general application, not suit... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL FEAR EVERY MAN HIS MOTHER, AND HIS FATHER, AND KEEP MY SABBATHS: I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD._ Ye shall fear every man. The duty of obedience to parents is placed in connection with the proper observance of the Sabbaths, as both of them lying at the foundation of practical religion.... [ Continue Reading ]
_TURN YE NOT UNTO IDOLS, NOR MAKE TO YOURSELVES MOLTEN GODS: I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD._ Turn ye not unto idols, х_ HAA'ªLIYLIYM_ (H457)] - vain, empty nothings; either from х_ 'AL_ (H408)] not, or it is a diminutive from _ 'EEL_ (H410) god-a little god-a term of contempt. Ezekiel applies х_ GILUWLIYM... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF YE OFFER A SACRIFICE OF PEACE OFFERINGS UNTO THE LORD, YE SHALL OFFER IT AT YOUR OWN WILL._ If ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings. Those which included thank offerings, or offerings made for vows, were always free-will offerings. Except the portions which, being waved and heaved, becam... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN YE REAP THE HARVEST OF YOUR LAND, THOU SHALT NOT WHOLLY REAP THE CORNERS OF THY FIELD, NEITHER SHALT THOU GATHER THE GLEANINGS OF THY HARVEST._ When ye reap the harvest of your land. The right of the poor in Israel to glean after reapers, as well as to the unreaped corners of the field, w... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL NOT STEAL, NEITHER DEAL FALSELY, NEITHER LIE ONE TO ANOTHER._ Ye shall not steal ... neither lie one to another, х_ 'IYSH_ (H376) _ BA`ªMIYTOW_ (H5997)] - a man by his neighbour. A variety of social duties are inculcated in this passage, chiefly in reference to common and little-thought-o... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT NOT HATE THY BROTHER IN THINE HEART: THOU SHALT IN ANY WISE REBUKE THY NEIGHBOUR, AND NOT SUFFER SIN UPON HIM._ Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour. Instead of cherishing latent feelings of malice, or meditating purposes of revenge, against a person who has committed an insult o... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT NOT AVENGE, NOR BEAR ANY GRUDGE AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF THY PEOPLE, BUT THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF: I AM THE LORD._ Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. The word "neighbour" is used as synonymous with fellow-creature. The Israelites in a later age restricted its meani... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL KEEP MY STATUTES. THOU SHALT NOT LET THY CATTLE GENDER WITH A DIVERSE KIND: THOU SHALT NOT SOW THY FIELD WITH MINGLED SEED: NEITHER SHALL A GARMENT MINGLED OF LINEN AND WOOLLEN COME UPON THEE._ Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind. This prohibition was probably intende... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHOSOEVER LIETH CARNALLY WITH A WOMAN, THAT IS A BONDMAID, BETROTHED TO AN HUSBAND, AND NOT AT ALL REDEEMED, NOR FREEDOM GIVEN HER; SHE SHALL BE SCOURGED; THEY SHALL NOT BE PUT TO DEATH, BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT FREE._ Whosoever lieth carnally with a ... bondmaid. Female slaves having, in a politic... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN YE SHALL COME INTO THE LAND, AND SHALL HAVE PLANTED ALL MANNER OF TREES FOR FOOD, THEN YE SHALL COUNT THE FRUIT THEREOF AS UNCIRCUMCISED: THREE YEARS SHALL IT BE AS UNCIRCUMCISED UNTO YOU: IT SHALL NOT BE EATEN OF._ Fruit ... three years ... it shall not be eaten. 'The wisdom of this law... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL NOT EAT ANY THING WITH THE BLOOD: NEITHER SHALL YE USE ENCHANTMENT, NOR OBSERVE TIMES._ Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood, х_ `AL_ (H5921) _ HADAAM_ (H1818)] - upon the blood. This phrase may be understood as prohibiting the use of flesh with any of the blood remaining in it; and... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL NOT ROUND THE CORNERS OF YOUR HEADS, NEITHER SHALT THOU MAR THE CORNERS OF THY BEARD._ Ye shall not round ... It seems probable that this fashion had been learned by the Israelites in Egypt; because the ancient Egyptians had their dark locks cropped short or shaved with great nicety, so t... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL NOT MAKE ANY CUTTINGS IN YOUR FLESH FOR THE DEAD, NOR PRINT ANY MARKS UPON YOU: I AM THE LORD._ Ye shall not make any cuttings ... The practice of making deep gashes on the face and arms and legs, in time of bereavement, was universal among the pagan, and it was deemed a becoming mark of... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL KEEP MY SABBATHS, AND REVERENCE MY SANCTUARY: I AM THE LORD._ Keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary. This precept is frequently repeated along with the prohibition of idolatrous practices; and here it stands closely connected with the superstitions forbidden in the previous verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_REGARD NOT THEM THAT HAVE FAMILIAR SPIRITS, NEITHER SEEK AFTER WIZARDS, TO BE DEFILED BY THEM: I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD._ Regard not them that have familiar spirits, х_ HAA'OBOT_ (H178); Septuagint, engastrimuthous] - ventriloquists (Leviticus 20:7; Deuteronomy 18:11; 1 Samuel 28:3; 1 Samuel 28:7):... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT RISE UP BEFORE THE HOARY HEAD, AND HONOUR THE FACE OF THE OLD MAN, AND FEAR THY GOD: I AM THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF A STRANGER SOJOURN WITH THEE IN YOUR LAND, YE SHALL NOT VEX HIM._ If a stranger sojourn with thee. The Israelites were to hold out encouragement to strangers to settle among them, that these might be brought to the knowledge and worship of the true God; and with this view they were enjoined... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL DO NO UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN JUDGMENT, IN METEYARD, IN WEIGHT, OR IN MEASURE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEREFORE SHALL YE OBSERVE ALL MY STATUTES, AND ALL MY JUDGMENTS, AND DO THEM: I AM THE LORD._ I am the Lord. This solemn admonition by which these various precepts are repeatedly sanctioned is equivalent to 'I, your Creator, your Deliverer from bondage, and your Sovereign, who have wisdom to esta... [ Continue Reading ]