Leviticus 18:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Ver. 1. _And the Lord spake._] _See Trapp on "_ Lev 7:22 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Ver. 1. _And the Lord spake._] _See Trapp on "_ Lev 7:22 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God. Ver. 2. _I am the Lord your God._] Your Maker and Master.... [ Continue Reading ]
After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. Ver. 3. _After the doings of the land of Egypt._] Where, and in Canaan, these heinous sins are count... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I [am] the LORD your God. Ver. 4. _To walk therein._] Not to halt therein, nor to take a turn or two, or for a while, as Samson went with his parents till he met with a honeycomb; but _indesinenter ambulabo,_ as David saith, Psa 1... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I [am] the LORD. Ver. 5. _He shall live in them._] As the flame lives in the oil, as the creature by his food, so the spiritual life is maintained by an evangelical keeping of God's commandments. As on... [ Continue Reading ]
None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover [their] nakedness: I [am] the LORD. Ver. 6. _None of you shall approach,_] viz., To couple carnally with them. Eze 18:6 Isa 8:3 Yea, though it be under a pretext of marriage: for by marriage they seem to justify their incest,... [ Continue Reading ]
The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she [is] thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. Ver. 7. _She is thy mother._] And so it is against nature to lie carnally with her. Aristotle _a_ tells of a camel that killed his keeper for causing him t... [ Continue Reading ]
The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it [is] thy father's nakedness. Ver. 8. It is thy father's nakedness.] For "the wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband": 1Co 7:4 and when her chastity is assaulted, she should say, saith Chrysostom, _Non est corpus meum, sed... [ Continue Reading ]
The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, [whether she be] born at home, or born abroad, [even] their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. Ver. 9. _Or born abroad,_] _i.e., _ Base born, which our English laws call natural children. The Hebrews call them brambl... [ Continue Reading ]
The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, [even] their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs [is] thine own nakedness. Ver. 10. _For theirs is thine own nakedness._] Children are but the father multiplied; the father of another edition.... [ Continue Reading ]
The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she [is] thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. Ver. 11. _Thou shalt not uncover._] This verse is added for an exposition of Leviticus 18:9 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she [is] thy father's near kinswoman. Ver. 12. She is thy father's near kins woman.] As near as may be: and therefore nature abhorreth any such copulation.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she [is] thy mother's near kinswoman. Ver. 13. _See Trapp on "_ Lev 18:12 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she [is] thine aunt. Ver. 14. Of thy father's brother.] The nakedness of whose wife is called his nakedness, because man and wife are one flesh. Mat 19:6 _See Trapp on "_ Mat 19:6 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she [is] thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. Ver. 15. Son's wife.] Whether he be dead or alive.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it [is] thy brother's nakedness. Ver. 16. Brother's wife.] Except in that special case. Deu 25:5 This was Herod's sin Mat 14:4 and our Henry VIII's; whereupon was the divorce.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; [for] they [are] her near kinswomen: it [is] wickedness. Ver. 17. _It is wickedness._] Wickedness with a witness; and yet avowed for la... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex [her], to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life [time]. Ver. 18. _A wife to her sister,_] _i.e., _ Any two women together: compare Ezekiel 1:9. Here polygamy is flatly forbidden. In which sin many of the patriarchs lived and died; n... [ Continue Reading ]
Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. Ver. 19. _Unto a woman._] _See Trapp on "_ Lev 15:24 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. Ver. 20. _To defile thyself._] As David, how did he embroil himself with Bathsheba, and chased away that pure Spirit. Psa 51:10-12 _Casta Deus mens est._... [ Continue Reading ]
_And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD._ Ver. 21. _Pass through the fire._] Either to be burnt to death in honour of that abominable idol; or to be consecrated thereto, by passing between two fires,... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it [is] abomination. Ver. 22. _Thou shalt not lie with mankind._] The Sodomites' sin. Gen 19:5 _See Trapp on "_ Gen 19:5 _"_ This, say the Hebrews, was Ishmael's sporting with Isaac: and this, say others, was the sin of Joseph's brethren, the evil... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it [is] confusion. Ver. 23. _Neither shalt thou lie with any beast._] See what a foul sink of sin man's nature is! Who would think that any such surpassing wickedness... [ Continue Reading ]
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: Ver. 24. _The nations are defiled._] And yet are not the Scriptures defiled, by providing against such filthinesses, no more than the sunbeams are by shining upon a stinking lake.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. Ver. 25. _And the land is defiled._] From one end thereof to the other; Ezr 9:11 as the face of the old world was grown so foul, that God was fain to wash it with a flood.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit [any] of these abominations; [neither] any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: Ver. 26. _Ye shall therefore keep._] Unless ye be ambitious of a like destruction. Luk 13:3 _ Ye shall therefore kee... [ Continue Reading ]
Leviticus 18:27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which [were] before you, and the land is defiled;) Ver. 27. _Which were before you._] But had not your helps.... [ Continue Reading ]
That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that [were] before you. Ver. 28. _That the land spue not you out._] It is wisely said by Herodotus, That the destruction of Troy is a fit example of the rule, that great sins bring great plagues.... [ Continue Reading ]
For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit [them] shall be cut off from among their people. Ver. 29. _The souls._] That is, the persons. The soul is the man.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that [ye] commit not [any one] of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I [am] the LORD your God. Ver. 30. _These abominable customs._] Heb., Statutes of abominations. Their evil customs became a... [ Continue Reading ]