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Verse Leviticus 20:9. _CURSETH HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER_] Genesis
48:12, and _"_Exodus 20:12_"_. He who conscientiously keeps the
_fifth_ commandment can be in no danger of this judgment. The term
יק...
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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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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...
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EVERY ONE. Hebrew. _i_ sh 'ish. App-14.
BLOOD. Figure of speech _Metalepsis,_ App-6, "bloods", put by Figure
of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct) for guilt, and "guilt" put by Figure
of speech _Metonymy...
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The penalty of death is here assigned for cursing a parent, as in
Exodus 21:17. In both places Targ. Ps-Jon. gives the traditional
interpretation that when the sacred Name is mentioned in connexion
wi...
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FOR EVERY ONE— Our old version here is, _If there be any that
curseth,_ &c. The particle כי _ki,_ rendered _for,_ is not always
causal; but frequently signifies _moreover, further, when,_ &c.; see
Nol...
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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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_SANCTIFY YOURSELVES THEREFORE, AND BE YE HOLY: FOR I AM THE LORD YOUR
GOD._
Sanctify yourselves ... and be ye holy. The minute specification of
the incestuous and unnatural crimes here enumerated sh...
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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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See Exodus 21:17.
19-21. See Leviticus 18:6....
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LEVITICUS
*WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS
LEVITICUS
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
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FOR EVERY ONE THAT CURSETH HIS FATHER. — Though the administrators
of the Law during the second Temple have laid down the most minute
regulation with regard to filial obedience (see Leviticus 19:3), a...
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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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For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely
put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; (e) his blood
[shall be] upon him.
(e) He is worthy to die....
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Die. The Rabbins say, by being strangled, when nothing farther is
added: but if the following addition be made, stoning is understood.
But their authority is not of much weight, and is contradicted, v...
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Our LORD was pleased to take notice of this precept, and to confirm
it. Matthew 15:4. And the law of nature seems to echo the same.
Proverbs 30:17....
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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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FOR EVERYONE THAT CURSETH HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER,.... Here begins
the account of the penalties annexed to the several laws in the
preceding chapter; and that respecting the fear and honour of parent...
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For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely
put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood
[shall be] upon him.
Ver. 9. _For every one that curseth._] _See T...
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_Curseth_ This is not here meant of every perverse expression, but of
bitter reproaches or imprecations. _His blood shall be upon him_ He is
guilty of his own death: he deserves to die for so unnatura...
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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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FOR SINS AGAINST THE SIXTH, SECOND, AND FOURTH COMMANDMENTS...
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Fore very one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely
put to death; he hath cursed his father or his mother, the
representatives of God in the home, in the family; his blood shall be
up...
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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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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,...
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_ For, or, surely_, as that particle, _chi_, is oft used, as JOB 8:6,
JOB 20:20. So there needs no dispute about the connexion, or what this
is a reason of. Curseth; which is not meant of every perver...
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Leviticus 20:9 everyone H376 H376 curses H7043 (H8762) father H1
mother H517 surely H4191 (H8800) death...
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CRIMES WHICH DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY (LEVITICUS 20:9).
Leviticus 20:9
“For every one who curses his father or his mother shall surely be
put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His b...
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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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LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 20:9 ANYONE WHO CURSES HIS FATHER OR HIS
MOTHER. Cursing one’s parents is the exact opposite of
“honoring” them (Exodus 20:12;...
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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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1 Kings 2:32; 2 Samuel 1:16; Deuteronomy 27:16; Exodus 21:17; Joshu
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Curseth — This is not here meant of every perverse expression, but
of bitter reproaches or imprecations. His blood shall be upon him —
He is guilty of his own death: he deserves to die for so unnatura...