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Molech, literally, “the King”, called also Moloch, Milcom, and
Malcham, was known in later times as “the abomination of the
Ammonites” 1 Kings 11:5. He appears to have been the fire-god of the
eastern...
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3. WARNINGS AGAINST SPECIAL SINS AND THEIR PENALTIES
CHAPTER 20
_ 1. Warning against Molech--worship and familiar spirits (Leviticus
20:1)_
2. Warning against cursing parents (Leviticus 20:9)
3. C...
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WORSHIP OF MOLECH, ETC. Offering children to Molech (see Leviticus
18:21 *) is to be punished by stoning; such a death emphasizes the
repudiation by the whole community and involves everyone in the ac...
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MAN. Hebrew. _i_. _h_. App-14.
HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:8....
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SHALL STONE HIM, &C.— Compare Deuteronomy 7:2; Deuteronomy 7:26.
Who, upon the face of these laws, could ever attempt to support so
absurd a notion, as that idolatry was tolerated among the Jews? Yet...
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AND THE LORD SPAKE, &C.— In ch. Leviticus 18:21 this dedication of
children to Molech, is forbidden in more general terms. It is there
said, _thou shalt not let any of thy offspring pass through the f...
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PUNISHMENT FOR UNHOLINESS 20:1-27
MOLECH WORSHIP 20:1-5
TEXT 20:1-5
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And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
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Moreover, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of
the children of...
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_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 comme...
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(CHS. 17-26) THE LAW OF HOLINESS
This section of Leviticus occupies a position by itself, being
distinguished from the rest of the book both by style and contents. A
few only of its main characteristi...
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LEVITICUS
*WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS
LEVITICUS
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
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Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
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AND I WILL SET MY FACE AGAINST THAT MAN. — That is, make him feel my
anger. (See Leviticus 17:10.)
AND WILL CUT HIM OFF. — As the preceding verse describes the
offender as having been stoned to death...
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וַ אֲנִ֞י אֶתֵּ֤ן אֶת ־פָּנַי֙ בָּ †...
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PENAL SANCTIONS
Leviticus 20:1
In no age or community has it been found sufficient, to secure
obedience, that one should appeal to the conscience of men, or depend,
as a sufficient motive, upon the n...
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Once more we have a repetition of laws already enunciated with the
same persistent thought of responsibility. In this section we find the
death sentence associated with certain forms of disobedience,...
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And I will (b) 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.
(b) Read ...
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_I will thus execute vengeance upon him by the hands of his people;
and, in case they neglect it, or the crime be secret, I will surely
punish the guilty person, and all who may have consented to his...
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Moloch was the idol which the children of Ammon worshipped; but though
the Ammonites were guilty of this cruel practice of sacrificing their
children to such a dunghill god, which plainly proved their...
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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...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 AND 20.
Chapter s 19, 20, carry us somewhat farther. They were to be holy, for
Jehovah was holy. Chapter 19 takes up rather the side of good, though
keepin...
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AND I WILL SET MY FACE AGAINST THAT MAN,.... Express resentment,
anger, wrath, and indignation at him, see Psalms 34:16:
AND WILL CUT HIM OFF FROM AMONG HIS PEOPLE: that is, supposing him to
have bee...
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_I will set my face against that man_ Deal with him as an enemy, and
make him a monument of my justice. _To defile my sanctuary_ Because
the sanctuary was defiled by gross abominations committed in th...
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1 Of him that giueth of his seed to Molech.
4 of him that fauoureth such an one.
6 Of going to Wizards.
7 Of sanctification.
9 Of him that curseth his parents.
10 Of adulterie. 11.14.17.19 Of Inc...
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And I will set My face against that man, in case the people should
neglect the punishment in due time, AND WILL CUT HIM OFF FROM AMONG
HIS PEOPLE, pursue the offender and his followers with His judgme...
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FOR SINS AGAINST THE SIXTH, SECOND, AND FOURTH COMMANDMENTS...
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PENALTIES FOR SIN GODWARD (VV. 1-8)
Chapter 19 has given many laws forbidding sin; now chapter 20 shows
that law, when it is broken, demands certain penalties. These
penalties were to be executed as s...
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1-9 Are we shocked at the unnatural cruelty of the ancient idolaters
in sacrificing their children? We may justly be so. But are there not
very many parents, who, by bad teaching and wicked examples,...
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I WILL SET MY FACE AGAINST THAT MAN, i.e. deal with him as an enemy,
and make him a monument of my justice, either by punishing him
immediately and eminently, when the magistrate cannot or will not do...
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Leviticus 20:3 set H5414 (H8799) face H6440 man H376 off H3772 (H8689)
from H7130 people H5971 given...
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CHILD SACRIFICE TO MOLECH AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE OCCULT IS FORBIDDEN
TO ALL IN THE LAND (LEVITICUS 20:2).
Leviticus 20:2
“Moreover, you shall say to the children of Israel, Whoever he be of
the chil...
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CONTENTS: Further laws on relationship and walk of God's people.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: God has distinguished His people from all others by a holy
covenant with them through Christ, the...
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Leviticus 20:2. _Molech._ See on Leviticus 18:21.
Leviticus 20:3. _I will cut him off._ Ahaz gave his son to Molech, and
the Lord afflicted his reign with miseries....
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_He shall surely be put to death._
PENAL SANCTIONS
This chapter, directly or indirectly, casts no little light on some
most fundamental and practical questions regarding the administration
of justice...
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LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 20:1 Worshipers of MOLECH ought to be
stoned TO DEATH (v. Leviticus 20:2). If that is not done,
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Social and Moral Crimes
SUGGESTIVE READINGS
Leviticus 20:2.—Again thou shalt say to the children of Israel.
These denunclations of sin (already denounced in ch. 18.) are to be
_repeated_ in the heari...
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EXPOSITION
The subject of Leviticus 18:1, is resumed in this chapter; but that
which was before considered as sin only is now regarded as crime, and
penalties are attached according to the heinousness...
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Chapter twenty, now God begins to get a little heavier. In chapter
twenty God goes over some of the things He dealt with in chapter
eighteen, only in chapter twenty telling that the violators of these...
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1 Peter 3:12; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Ezekiel 20:39; Ezekiel 23:38;...
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I will set my face against that man — Deal with him as an enemy, and
make him a monument of my justice. To defile my sanctuary — Because
the sanctuary was defiled by gross abominations committed in th...