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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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PENALTIES FOR SEXUAL SINS generally death, the manner being
unspecified. Adultery, incest, sodomy head the list; the special case
of Leviticus 20:14 (contrast Amos 2:7) is followed by the burning of
a...
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Directions on the whole similar to those of Leviticus 18:6-20;
Leviticus 18:22-23, but adding penalties for transgression....
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IF A MAN TAKE HIS BROTHER'S WIFE— Except that brother die childless.
Compare Genesis 38:8. Deuteronomy 25:5.
REFLECTIONS.—Nothing needs severer restraints than the lusts which
naturally reign in our m...
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CURSING PARENTS-20:9
SEXUAL CRIMES-20:10-21
TEXT 20:9-21
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For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be
put to death; he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall...
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_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._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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_
This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking.
Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
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HIS BROTHER’S WIFE. — See Leviticus 18:16....
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וְ אִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִקַּ֛ח אֶת
־אֵ֥שֶׁת אָחִ֖י
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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 if a man shall take his brother's wife, it [is] an unclean thing:
he hath uncovered his brother's (h) nakedness; they shall be
childless.
(h) Read (Leviticus 18:16)....
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Let the Reader remark with me, in the perusal of these verses, the
grounds on which the LORD enjoins sanctity of life and manners, and
the very strong motives in which it is founded, namely, that the...
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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 IF A MAN SHALL TAKE HIS BROTHER'S WIFE,.... To his wife, whether
in his life, as the Targum of Jonathan adds, or whether after his
death, unless when there is no issue, then he was obliged to it b...
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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;...
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_His brother's wife_ Except in the case allowed by God, Deuteronomy
25:5....
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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 if a man shall take his brother's wife, in any case but that of
the levirate marriage, IT IS AN UNCLEAN THING, calling forth God's
curse of the first degree; HE HATH UNCOVERED HIS BROTHER'S NAKEDN...
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FOR UNLAWFUL MARRIAGES...
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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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AN UNCLEAN THING:
_ Heb._ a separation...
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10-27 These verses repeat what had been said before, but it was
needful there should be line upon line. What praises we owe to God
that he has taught the evil of sin, and the sure way of deliverance
f...
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Except in the case allowed by God, DEUTERONOMY 25:5. AN UNCLEAN THING;
an abominable thing, like the uncleanness of a menstruous woman, which
is oft expressed by this word: Heb. _a separation or remov...
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Leviticus 20:21 man H376 takes H3947 (H8799) brothers H251 wife H802
thing H5079 uncovered H1540 (H8765) brothers
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LESSER PENALTIES (LEVITICUS 20:19).
Three examples are now given of slightly lesser crimes, still
forbidden but not punishable with death.
Leviticus 20:19
“And you shall not uncover the nakedness of...
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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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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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Leviticus 18:16; Matthew 14:3; Matthew 14:4...