Leviticus 20:1
The crimes which are condemned in Leviticus 18; Leviticus 19 on purely spiritual ground, have here special punishments allotted to them as offences against the well-being of the nation.... [ Continue Reading ]
The crimes which are condemned in Leviticus 18; Leviticus 19 on purely spiritual ground, have here special punishments allotted to them as offences against the well-being of the nation.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 nations; related to, and sometimes made identical with, Baal, the sun-god. The nature of the rite a... [ Continue Reading ]
The burning under the sentence of the Law took place after the death of the criminal by stoning, or strangling. Joshua 7:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
CUT OFF ... - See Exodus 31:14 note. The more full expression here used probably refers to some special form of public excommunication, accompanied, it may be, by expulsion from the camp.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL DIE CHILDLESS - Either the offspring should not be regarded as lawfully theirs, nor be entitled to any hereditary privileges, or they should have no blessing in their children.... [ Continue Reading ]
The ground is here again stated on which all these laws of holiness should be obeyed. See Leviticus 18:24 note. Leviticus 20:24 Compare the margin reference. Leviticus 20:25, Leviticus 20:26 The distinction between clean and unclean for the whole people, and not for any mere section of it, was o... [ Continue Reading ]