Moreover This introduction shews that the words that follow do not stand in their original context, but are an extract from a body of laws.
Leviticus 20:2 appear to be inconsistent. In 2 the offender is to be stoned by the people, in 3 he is to be cut off by some kind of divine visitation. Probably we may trace here the juxtaposition of two sources, while for the sake of harmonizing them Leviticus 20:4 were added.
Verse Leviticus 20:2. _THAT GIVETH_ ANY _OF HIS SEED UNTO MOLECH_] To what has been said in the note on Leviticus 18:21, we may add, that the rabbins describe this idol, who was probably a representa...
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...
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...
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...
AGAIN. See Leviticus 18:21. This is so serious that it must be repeated. There, only. command; here, the penalty. CHILDREN. Hebrew sons. MOLECH. The king-idol. See note on Leviticus 18:21, where thi...
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...
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...
PUNISHMENT FOR UNHOLINESS 20:1-27 MOLECH WORSHIP 20:1-5 TEXT 20:1-5 1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Moreover, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of...
_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...
20:2 strangers (c-20) Or 'aliens.'...
(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...
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...
AGAIN, THOU SHALT SAY. — Better, _And thou shalt say._ WHOSOEVER HE BE. — Better, _What man soever there be,_ as the Authorised Version renders this phrase in Leviticus 17:3. (See Note on Leviticus 1...
וְ אֶל ־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ תֹּאמַר֒ אִ֣ישׁ א
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...
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,...
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 (a) Molech; he shall surely...
_Moloch. See chap. xviii. 21._...
When laws are repeated, or when the LORD at any time enforceth his precepts, by a renewed rehearsal, it always should carry with it an evidence of its importance. Psalms 62:11....
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...
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...
AGAIN THOU SHALT SAY TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... The body of the people by their elders, and the heads of their tribes; for the following laws were binding on them all: WHOSOEVER [HE BE] OF THE CH...
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...
_The people_ Here follow the punishments of the crimes forbidden in the former Chapter s....
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...
FOR SINS AGAINST THE SIXTH, SECOND, AND FOURTH COMMANDMENTS...
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, in the double sin of ma...
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...
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,...
Here follow the punishments of the crimes forbidden in the former Chapter s. THE STRANGERS; not only such as were proselytes, but all others, these being gross immoralities, and such as the precepts o...
Leviticus 20:2 say H559 (H8799) children H1121 Israel H3478 Whoever H376 children H1121 Israel H3478 strangers H1616
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...
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...
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....
_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...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 20:1 Worshipers of MOLECH ought to be stoned TO DEATH (v. Leviticus 20:2). If that is not done,
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...
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...
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...
2 Chronicles 28:3; 2 Chronicles 33:6; 2 Kings 17:17; 2 Kings 23:10;...
The people — Here follow the punishments of the crimes forbidden in the former chapters....