Leviticus 20:1
_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 ]
_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._ Whosoever ... giveth ... unto Molec... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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:_ If the people of the land ... - i:e., connive at their countrymen practicing the horrid rites of Molech. Awful was it that any Hebrew parents could so violate their na... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ The soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits ... I will cut him off from among his peop... [ Continue Reading ]
_SANCTIFY YOURSELVES THEREFORE, AND BE YE HOLY: FOR I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD._ Sanctify yourselves ... and be ye holy. The minute specification of the incestuous and unnatural crimes here enumerated shows their sad prevalence among the idolatrous nations around, and the extreme proneness of the Israe... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF A MAN SHALL TAKE HIS BROTHER'S WIFE, IT IS AN UNCLEAN THING: HE HATH UNCOVERED HIS BROTHER'S NAKEDNESS; THEY SHALL BE CHILDLESS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT I HAVE SAID UNTO YOU, YE SHALL INHERIT THEIR LAND, AND I WILL GIVE IT UNTO YOU TO POSSESS IT, A LAND THAT FLOWETH WITH MILK AND HONEY: I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD, WHICH HAVE SEPARATED YOU FROM OTHER PEOPLE._ I ... have separated you. Their selection from the rest of the nations was for the all-imp... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL THEREFORE PUT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLEAN BEASTS AND UNCLEAN, AND BETWEEN UNCLEAN FOWLS AND CLEAN: AND YE SHALL NOT MAKE YOUR SOULS ABOMINABLE BY BEAST, OR BY FOWL, OR BY ANY MANNER OF LIVING THING THAT CREEPETH ON THE GROUND, WHICH I HAVE SEPARATED FROM YOU AS UNCLEAN._ No JFB commentary on... [ Continue Reading ]
_A MAN ALSO OR WOMAN THAT HATH A FAMILIAR SPIRIT, OR THAT IS A WIZARD, SHALL SURELY BE PUT TO DEATH: THEY SHALL STONE THEM WITH STONES: THEIR BLOOD SHALL BE UPON THEM._ Their blood shall be upon them. This phrase, which is borrowed from Genesis 9:5, is introduced at the close in enumerating the hei... [ Continue Reading ]