Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Leviticus 24:15
Whosoever curseth his God — Speaketh of him reproachfully. Shall bear his sin — That is, the punishment of it; shall not go unpunished.
Whosoever curseth his God — Speaketh of him reproachfully. Shall bear his sin — That is, the punishment of it; shall not go unpunished.
Verse Leviticus 24:15. _WHOSOEVER CURSETH HIS GOD_] יקלל אלהיו _yekallel_ _Elohaiv_, he who makes _light_ of him, who does not treat him and sacred things with due reverence, _shall bear his sin _- sh...
3. BLASPHEMY AND ISRAEL'S SIN FORESHADOWED CHAPTER 24:10-23 _ 1. The blasphemy (Leviticus 24:10)_ 2. The penalty executed (Leviticus 24:23) The blasphemer who blasphemed the Name and cursed, foresh...
LEVITICUS 24:10; LEVITICUS 24:23. The punishment for blasphemy connected, as in Leviticus 10:1 and Sabbath breaking, with an actual example. Language and literary manner suggest that the section is la...
Incident of the blasphemer, and laws arising out of that occurrence or suggested by it. This section closely resembles Numbers 15:32-36, which relates the punishment of the man found gathering sticks...
DISCOURSE: 140 THE BLASPHEMER STONED Leviticus 24:13. _And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his he...
3. HISTORICAL: THE PUNISHMENT OF A BLASPHEMER 24:10-23 TEXT 24:10-23 10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the I...
_AND THOU SHALT SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, SAYING, WHOSOEVER CURSETH HIS GOD SHALL BEAR HIS SIN._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
OIL FOR THE LAMPS. THE SHEWBREAD. LAWS ON BLASPHEMY 1-4. Oil for the Lamps in the Tabernacle. On the construction of the Lampstand see Exodus 25:31, and with the present passage cp. Exodus 27:20 and...
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...
WHOSOEVER CURSETH HIS GOD. — As Moses had to appeal to God for direction, the Lord has not only declared what should be done with this particular offender, but lays down a general law for the punishme...
וְ אֶל ־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל תְּדַבֵּ֣ר לֵ אמֹ
THE HOLY LIGHT AND THE SHEW BREAD: THE BLASPHEMER'S END Leviticus 24:1 IT is not easy to determine with confidence the association of thought which occasioned the interposition of this chapter, with...
THE PENALTY OF BLASPHEMY Leviticus 24:10 "And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of I...
LIGHT AND BREAD AND THE HOLY NAME Leviticus 24:1 The words “Before the Lord” are twice repeated in the opening paragraph. The pure lamplight, emblematic of the influence of a religious life; and the...
As this chapter is read, it seems at first to be out of place or out of order. Yet undoubtedly it is not so. The fact that we may not be able clearly to see the connection does not warrant its omissio...
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall (g) bear his sin. (g) Shall be punished....
_His God. Hebrew Elohaiv. Philo explains this of idols, as if it were unlawful to speak ill of them, lest we should proceed to do so with respect to the true God. But the prophets, and the most holy p...
In reading this verse, I would look up earnestly for grace for myself and the Reader, and say, LORD grant that I may never be brought into that awful state, to bear my own sin, the weight of which mus...
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...
15._And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. _Hence it now more clearly appears that the object of the Third Commandment was that God’s holy name should be honored with the respect and venera...
The remaining Chapter s of this book appear to me to have a special bearing. The Spirit of God has presented, in chapter 23, the history of the ways of God towards His people upon earth from beginning...
AND THOU SHALT SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... On this occasion, and gave them some laws and rules concerning the above affair, and other things: SAYING, WHOSOEVER CURSETH HIS GOD SHALL BEAR H...
_And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin._ Ver. 15. _Curseth his God._] This is worse than blaspheming, as implying a deep and desperate...
_Whosoever curseth his God_ Speaketh of him reproachfully. _Shall bear his sin_ That is, the punishment of it; shall not go unpunished, _He that blasphemeth the name of the Lord_ This is a repetition...
1 The oyle for the lampes. 5 The Shewbread. 10 Shelomiths sonne blasphemeth. 13 The Law of Blasphemie. 17 Of Murther. 18 Of Damage. 23 The blasphemer is stoned. [THE SHEWBREAD.] 1 AND the LORD...
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, with reference to this execution, WHOSOEVER CURSETH HIS GOD SHALL BEAR HIS SIN, that is, the guilt and then also the punishment of sin as the...
A BLASPHEMER STONED...
CONTINUAL LIGHT (VV. 1-4) Here Moses is told to command the children of Israel that they bring pure olive oil for the seven lamps, never allowing the supply of oil to lapse, so that the lamps would bu...
10-23 This offender was the son of an Egyptian father, and an Israelitish mother. The notice of his parents shows the common ill effect of mixed marriages. A standing law for the stoning of blaspheme...
i. e. Speaketh of him reproachfully, and with contempt. They therefore are greatly mistaken that understand this of the heathen gods, whom their worshippers are forbidden to reproach or curse. But Mos...
There is very much to interest the spiritual mind in this brief section. We have seen in chapter 23. the history of the dealings of God with Israel, from the offering up of the Pascal Lamb, until the...
Leviticus 24:15 speak H1696 (H8762) children H1121 Israel H3478 saying H559 (H8800) Whoever H376 curses H3588...
INSTRUCTIONS ARISING FROM THE INCIDENT (LEVITICUS 24:15). The incident, and the execution, followed by these instructions, are intended to bring out the sacredness of life and the awfulness of the cr...
CONTENTS: Penalty of blasphemy. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, son of Israelitish woman. CONCLUSION: If those who profane the name of God escape punishment from men, yet the Lord our God will not suffer th...
Leviticus 24:2. _Cause the lamps to burn continually._ The heathens also had lamps in their temples. In France it is amusing to see a dim light glimmering through the church windows; and truly it is h...
_Blasphemed the name of the Lord._ BLASPHEMING AGAINST GOD’S HOLY NAME “Swearing is a sin that hath more malignancy in it against God, by how much the less is the temptation to it,” says Burroughs; a...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 24:10__ These verses are an example of the laws in Israel that arose in response to specific situations. ⇐...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 24:13 LET ALL WHO HEARD HIM LAY THEIR HANDS ON HIS HEAD. This may have been done to pass onto the one who cursed the guilt of all who had heard his curse and had thus becom...
Sanctuary Light; The Shewbread; Blasphemy Punished SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 24:1.—Cause the lamps to burn continually. There is a Light whose radiance never dims, whose glow never pales—self-lum...
EXPOSITION The reason why the narrative of the blasphemer's death (Leviticus 24:10-3) is introduced in its present connection, is simply that it took place at the point of time which followed the prom...
Now the beginning of chapter twenty-four, God commands them to bring olive oil so that they might keep the lamps burning continually in the tabernacle. Then God explains the shew bread. He gives the f...
Leviticus 20:16; Leviticus 20:17; Leviticus 5:1; Numbers 9:13...