See on Leviticus 19:31. This supplementary precept is not identical with the earlier one. Here the subject is the person within whom the discarnate spirit is supposed to be working (lit. -when there is in them an" ôbor a familiar spirit"), while in Leviticus 20:6 it is the person who makes application to such for assistance.
Verse Leviticus 20:27. _A FAMILIAR SPIRIT_] A spirit or demon, which, by magical rites, is supposed to be bound to appear at the call of his employer. Genesis 41:8, Genesis 41:8; _"_...
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...
LEVITICUS 20:27. This warning against witchcraft should properly follow Leviticus 20:6 (_cf. Leviticus 19:31_)....
FAMILIAR SPIRIT. See note on Leviticus 19:31....
WARNING AGAINST UNFAITHFULNESS 20:27 TEXT 20:27 27 A man also or a woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their bloo...
_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._ Their blood shall be upon them...
20:27 divination, (b-19) Or 'who is a necromancer or a soothsayer.'...
See Leviticus 19:31....
(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...
A MAN ALSO OR WOMAN. — Better, _And a man or a woman._ The departure from the literal translation of the conjunction in the Authorised version is both unnecessary and obscures the meaning of the sente...
וְ אִ֣ישׁ אֹֽו ־אִשָּׁ֗ה כִּֽי ־יִהְיֶ֨ה בָהֶ
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,...
_Spirit. Hebrew ob, means also a bottle. See chap. xix. 31. If those who consult such people be guilty, the authors of the delusion deserve death still more. (Haydock) --- The spirit of python is no o...
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...
REFLECTIONS As there is no part of scripture but what, under divine teaching, will become profitable, so here is opened to us much profit, much improvement, and a continual source for thanksgiving. My...
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...
A MAN ALSO OR A WOMAN THAT HATH A FAMILIAR SPIRIT,.... Or the spirit of Python or divination, see Leviticus 19:31; such as the damsel had in Acts 16:16; a woman is here particularly mentioned, though...
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...
_A man or a woman that hath a familiar spirit, shall surely be put to death_ They that are in league with the devil have in effect made a covenant with death; and so shall their doom be....
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...
ADMONITION TO HOLINESS...
A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, that consults with the spirits of the dead or practices necromancy, SHALL SURELY BE PUT TO DEATH; THEY SHALL STONE THEM WITH STONE...
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...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Leviticus 20:27 man H376 woman H802 is H3588 medium H178 spirits H3049 surely H4191 (H8800) death H4191 ...
ISRAEL ARE INHERITING A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY AND MUST NOT DEFILE IT BUT MUST BE HOLY TO YAHWEH (LEVITICUS 20:22). Leviticus 20:22 “You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my or...
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 20:27 In v. Leviticus 20:6, the one who consults a NECROMANCER or a MEDIUM was to be put to death. In
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...
1 Samuel 28:7; Deuteronomy 18:10; Exodus 22:18; Leviticus 19:31;...
A man or a woman that hath a familiar spirit, shall surely be put to death — They that are in league with the devil, have in effect made a covenant with death: and so shall their doom be....