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. Ver. 2. _That giveth any of his s... [ 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. Ver. 3. _To defile my sanctuary._] Great sins do greatly pollute. See Leviticus 18:21 .... [ 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: Ver. 4:. Hide their eyes,] _i.e., _ Be negligent or ignorant.... [ 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. Ver. 5. _I will set my face against that man._] See the reason in Ezekiel 16:20,21, "Is this of thy whoredoms a small... [ 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. Ver. 6. _And will cut him off._] _Nemo cum serpente securus ludit, nemo cum diabolo iocatur impune._ _... [ Continue Reading ]
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I [am] the LORD your God. Ver. 7. _For I am the Lord your God._] And God that is holy should be sanctified in righteousness. Isa 5:16... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I [am] the LORD which sanctify you. Ver. 8. _I am the Lord which sanctify you._] _Ut acti agatis,_ that ye may trade with your talents, sanctify the Lord God in your hearts and lives, and walk up to your principles.... [ Continue Reading ]
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood [shall be] upon him. Ver. 9. _For every one that curseth._] _See Trapp on "_ Mat 15:4 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Exo 21:17 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And the man that committeth adultery with [another] man's wife, [even he] that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. Ver. 10. _Shall surely be put to death._] Adultery was death long before this law. Genesis 26:11 _; _ Gen 38:2... [ Continue Reading ]
And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them. Ver. 11-14. See on Leviticus 18:1,30 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood [shall be] upon them. Ver. 12. See on Leviticus 18:1,30 .... [ Continue Reading ]
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them. Ver. 13. See on Leviticus 18:1,30 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it [is] wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you. Ver. 14. See on Leviticus 18:1,30 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. Ver. 15. _Ye shall slay the beast._] Though innocent: this shows the heinousness of the sin. See Leviticus 18:9 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them. Ver. 16. _And the beast._] Lest the sight of such a beast should bring that loathsome sin to remembrance.... [ Continue Reading ]
And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it [is] a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. Ver. 17. _And... [ Continue Reading ]
And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. Ver. 18-20. See on Leviticus 18:1,30 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. Ver. 19. See on Leviticus 18:1,30 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. Ver. 20. See on Leviticus 18:1,30 .... [ 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. Ver. 21. _They shall be childless._] Either barren or bereft; for this is a sin, saith Job, that roots out all a man's increase. Job 31:12 Hence that of Hosea, T... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out. Ver. 22. See on Lev 18:1-30... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. Ver. 23. See on Lev 18:1-30... [ 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. Ver. 24. _Separated you._] With a wonderful separation; such as was that of light from d... [ 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. Ver. 25. _Between clea... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD [am] holy, and have severed you from [other] people, that ye should be mine. Ver. 26. See Leviticus 19:2; Leviticus 20:7 .... [ 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. Ver. 27. _That both a familiar spirit._] As Paracelsus had one confined to the pummel of his sword, or else Erastus belies him.... [ Continue Reading ]