1._And the Lord spake. _The prohibition of this superstition was
previously expounded in its proper place. God here commands the
punishment to be inflicted, if any one should have polluted himself
with it. And surely it was a detestable sacrilege to enslave to idols
that offspring, which was begotte... [ Continue Reading ]
Nothing new occurs here, for the object of Moses was, by the enactment
of penalties, to sanction the instruction lately given. By previously
condemning incestuous marriages, he would cite the Israelites before
God, in order that their consciences might abhor the crime, although
he gave them nothing... [ Continue Reading ]
13._If a man also _(63) God had hitherto taught what was right, in
order to restrain the people from sin, not only from fear of
punishment, but for conscience’ sake. But whereas all do not
voluntarily dispose themselves to obedience, the awards severe
punishments to those wicked despisers in whom th... [ Continue Reading ]
Leviticus 20:18._And if a man shall lie _(84) The enormity of the
crime is seen by the severity of the punishment; and surely, when a
man and woman abandon themselves to so disgraceful an act, it is plain
that there are no remains of modesty in them. God, therefore, does not
only regard the offense... [ Continue Reading ]
22._Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes _He now warns the
Israelites, for the third time, not to imitate the Gentiles, and
exhorts them to keep themselves within the limits of the Law. I have
already pointed out that this was not done without reason, since
otherwise they might have easily fallen... [ Continue Reading ]
Leviticus 20:25._Ye shall therefore put difference. _I have no doubt
but that this sentence depends on the end of the foregoing verse; for
although that verse contains a reason to deter them from incest, of
which he had been speaking, still it refers also to the doctrine
before us, and stands in the... [ Continue Reading ]