Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Leviticus 11:45
For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, that was the mighty work in which He was then engaged, to be your God; ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, that was the mighty work in which He was then engaged, to be your God; ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
These verses set forth the spiritual ground on which the distinction between clean and unclean is based. Compare the marginal references and Leviticus 10:10; Leviticus 20:25; 1 Peter 1:15....
BRIEF SUMMING UP OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE, in the manner of H. LEVITICUS 11:46 F. CONCLUSION OF THE SECTION....
11- 15. RITUAL CLEANLINESS AND UNCLEANLINESS. Leviticus 11, Animals; Leviticus 12, Childbirth; Leviticus 13, Skin diseases (including tainted garments); Leviticus 14:1, Purgation for skin diseases; L...
THAT BRINGETH YOU UP, &C. This wondrous redemption is repeatedly appealed to, to magnify Jehovah's grace and Israel's ingratitude. Compare Deuteronomy 8:14; Deuteronomy 13:10; Deuteronomy 20:1.
The reason for these prescriptions is given; it is the same as in H....
FOR I AM THE LORD THAT BRINGETH, &C.— "After the signal deliverance wherewith I have favoured you, by drawing you from the slavery under which you groaned in Egypt, I have every title to your obedienc...
c. HOLINESS DEMANDED OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD 11:44-47 TEXT 11:44-47 44 For I am Jehovah your God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with a...
_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._ No JFB commentary on these vers...
(LEVITICUS 11-16) THE LAW OF CLEAN AND UNCLEAN This section deals with the subject of ceremonial uncleanness and the method of its purification. Four main types of uncleanness are referred to, viz. th...
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...
THAT BRINGETH YOU UP OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT. — Having in a marvellous way delivered them from the land of bondage to be their God in a peculiar sense (comp. 2 Samuel 7:23), the Holy One of Israel ha...
כִּ֣י ׀ אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֗ה הַֽ מַּעֲלֶ֤ה אֶתְכֶם֙...
CLEAN AND UNCLEAN ANIMALS, AND DEFILEMENT BY DEAD BODIES Leviticus 11:1 WITH chapter 11 begins a new section of this book, extending to the end of chapter 15, of which the subject is the law concern...
We now reach the section dealing with the laws of separation. The first movement records the laws concerning health. It is impossible to enter here into any detailed dealing with the particular laws c...
_Your God. By these laws, the Jews were to be distinguished from other nations. (Haydock) --- They were also to be reminded, that God was very jealous of their interior sanctity, since he required so...
One general observation will be all that is necessary to offer on the law, concerning the clean and unclean among the fishes, and the fowls, and the creeping things of the earth. The grand object evid...
The book of Leviticus has its own character quite as manifestly as Genesis or Exodus. Its peculiar feature is that from its very starting-point it is the revelation of what God saw in Jesus Christ our...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12. Priesthood being established, there comes the discernment between holy things and profane, and the judgment of defilements (chaps. 11-15), and wha...
FOR I AM THE LORD THAT BRINGETH YOU UP OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT,.... He had brought them out of it, and was now bringing them on in the wilderness towards Canaan's land, in order to settle them there;...
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. Ver. 45. _That bringeth you up._] This is often inculcated. God's bless...
_That bringeth you up out of Egypt_ This was a reason why they should cheerfully submit to distinguishing laws, who had been so honoured with distinguishing favours....
1 What beasts may, 4 and what may not bee eaten. 9 What fishes. 13 What foules. 29 The creeping things which are vncleane. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying vnto them, 2 Speak...
ANIMALS ALLOWED OR DISALLOWED FOR FOOD (VV. 1-8) Never since the flood has man been commanded to be a vegetarian. After the flood Noah was told, “every moving thing that lives shall be food for you” ...
No text from Poole on this verse....
The Book of Leviticus may be termed "the priest's guide book." This is very much its character. It is full of principles for the guidance of such as desire to live in the enjoyment of priestly nearnes...
Leviticus 11:45 LORD H3068 brings H5927 (H8688) land H776 Egypt H4714 God H430 holy H6918 holy H6918...
“For I am Yahweh who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.” This is a clear reference to the covenant. He has brought them out of Egypt t...
CONTENTS: The proper food for God's people defined. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: The body is the Lord's and it is sin against God to prejudice health for the pleasing of appetite. KEY WORD:...
Leviticus 11:2. _The beasts which ye shall eat._ The Talmud calls this chapter the Thirteenth class of Prohibitions. From the beginning of the world there was a distinction between clean and unclean b...
_These are the beasts which ye shall eat._ THE CLEAN AND THE UNCLEAN The Mosaic Law attached great importance to meats and drinks: the Christian religion attaches none. The Apostle Peter was shown, b...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 11:44 FOR I AM THE LORD. This is the first occurrence of this phrase in Leviticus 1:1, but it occurs
Food: Permitted and Prohibited SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 11:2.—These are the beasts which ye shall eat. [For scientific and sanitary information respecting the animals, reptiles, birds, and fishe...
PART III UNCLEANNESS, CEREMONIAL AND MORAL: ITS REMOVAL OR ITS PUNISHMENT SECTION I EXPOSITION THE two preceding parts having made manifest the way of approach to God by means of sacrifice and the a...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to Leviticus eleven? Before we begin in the eleventh chapter of Leviticus, let's take a look at the first few verses of chapter twenty-eight of Deuteronomy, because sometim...
1 Thessalonians 4:7; Exodus 20:2; Exodus 6:7; Hosea 11:1; Leviticus 11
That bringeth you up out of Egypt — This was a reason why they should chearfully submit to distinguishing laws, who had been so honoured with distinguishing favours....