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Leviticus 24:23

And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.

The children of Israel did as the Lord commanded. The chapter closes with the execution of Shelomith's son; and stoning having afterward become the established punishment in all cases of blasphemy, illustrates the fate of Stephen, who suffered under a false imputation of that crime.

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See also Leviticus 24:23 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Leviticus 24:23. _AND STONE HIM WITH STONES._] We are not to suppose that the culprit was exposed to the unbridled fury of the thousands of Israel; this would be _brutality_, not _justice_, for...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. BLASPHEMY AND ISRAEL'S SIN FORESHADOWED CHAPTER 24:10-23 _ 1. The blasphemy (Leviticus 24:10)_ 2. The penalty executed (Leviticus 24:23) The blasphemer who blasphemed the Name and cursed, foresh...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LEVITICUS 24:10; LEVITICUS 24:23. The punishment for blasphemy connected, as in Leviticus 10:1 and Sabbath breaking, with an actual example. Language and literary manner suggest that the section is la...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Incident of the blasphemer, and laws arising out of that occurrence or suggested by it. This section closely resembles Numbers 15:32-36, which relates the punishment of the man found gathering sticks...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. HISTORICAL: THE PUNISHMENT OF A BLASPHEMER 24:10-23 TEXT 24:10-23 10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the I...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    OIL FOR THE LAMPS. THE SHEWBREAD. LAWS ON BLASPHEMY 1-4. Oil for the Lamps in the Tabernacle. On the construction of the Lampstand see Exodus 25:31, and with the present passage cp. Exodus 27:20 and...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND MOSES SPAKE TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. — Having recited the laws which were promulgated in consequence of the appeal made to God, Moses now calls upon the people to execute the sentence which the...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יְדַבֵּ֣ר מֹשֶׁה֮ אֶל ־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE HOLY LIGHT AND THE SHEW BREAD: THE BLASPHEMER'S END Leviticus 24:1 IT is not easy to determine with confidence the association of thought which occasioned the interposition of this chapter, with...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE PENALTY OF BLASPHEMY Leviticus 24:10 "And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of I...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    LIGHT AND BREAD AND THE HOLY NAME Leviticus 24:1 The words “Before the Lord” are twice repeated in the opening paragraph. The pure lamplight, emblematic of the influence of a religious life; and the...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    As this chapter is read, it seems at first to be out of place or out of order. Yet undoubtedly it is not so. The fact that we may not be able clearly to see the connection does not warrant its omissio...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And (h) Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Upon the occasion of this man's transgression, opportunity is taken to repeat some of those laws which had been before delivered. And the punishment of Shelomith's son is related. Reader, do not close...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS READER! may it be your happiness and mine, to have our souls kept alive by the quickening influences of GOD the HOLY GHOST. I would bring, O LORD, continually, as the Israelite of old, the...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The remaining Chapter s of this book appear to me to have a special bearing. The Spirit of God has presented, in chapter 23, the history of the ways of God towards His people upon earth from beginning...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND MOSES SPAKE UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... As the Lord had commanded him: THAT THEY SHOULD BRING FORTH HIM THAT HAD CURSED OUT OF THE CAMP, AND STONE HIM WITH STONES; which were the instruction...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _One law_ That is, in matters of common right, but not as to church privileges. _Stone him with stones_ This blasphemer was the first that died by the law of Moses. Stephen, the first that died for th...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The oyle for the lampes. 5 The Shewbread. 10 Shelomiths sonne blasphemeth. 13 The Law of Blasphemie. 17 Of Murther. 18 Of Damage. 23 The blasphemer is stoned. [THE SHEWBREAD.] 1 AND the LORD...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Moses spake to the children of Israel that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses, thus...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    A BLASPHEMER STONED...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    CONTINUAL LIGHT (VV. 1-4) Here Moses is told to command the children of Israel that they bring pure olive oil for the seven lamps, never allowing the supply of oil to lapse, so that the lamps would bu...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-23 This offender was the son of an Egyptian father, and an Israelitish mother. The notice of his parents shows the common ill effect of mixed marriages. A standing law for the stoning of blaspheme...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    There is very much to interest the spiritual mind in this brief section. We have seen in chapter 23. the history of the dealings of God with Israel, from the offering up of the Pascal Lamb, until the...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Leviticus 24:23 Moses H4872 spoke H1696 (H8762) children H1121 Israel H3478 took H3318 (H8686) outside H2351 c

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    INSTRUCTIONS ARISING FROM THE INCIDENT (LEVITICUS 24:15). The incident, and the execution, followed by these instructions, are intended to bring out the sacredness of life and the awfulness of the cr...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Penalty of blasphemy. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, son of Israelitish woman. CONCLUSION: If those who profane the name of God escape punishment from men, yet the Lord our God will not suffer th...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Leviticus 24:2. _Cause the lamps to burn continually._ The heathens also had lamps in their temples. In France it is amusing to see a dim light glimmering through the church windows; and truly it is h...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 24:10__ These verses are an example of the laws in Israel that arose in response to specific situations. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 24:17 FRACTURE FOR FRACTURE, EYE FOR EYE, TOOTH FOR TOOTH. This proverbial phrase means “the punishment must fit the crime” (compare Ex

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    Sanctuary Light; The Shewbread; Blasphemy Punished SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 24:1.—Cause the lamps to burn continually. There is a Light whose radiance never dims, whose glow never pales—self-lum...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION The reason why the narrative of the blasphemer's death (Leviticus 24:10-3) is introduced in its present connection, is simply that it took place at the point of time which followed the prom...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now the beginning of chapter twenty-four, God commands them to bring olive oil so that they might keep the lamps burning continually in the tabernacle. Then God explains the shew bread. He gives the f...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Hebrews 10:28; Hebrews 10:29; Hebrews 2:2; Hebrews 2:3; Leviticus 2

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Stone him with stones — This blasphemer was the first that died by the law of Moses. Stephen the first that died for the gospel, died by the abuse of the law. The martyr and the malefactor suffered th...

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