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2. DIFFERENT DUTIES
CHAPTER 19
_ 1. Honoring parents and fearing God (Leviticus 19:1)_
2. The care of the poor (Leviticus 19:9)
3. Against stealing and lying (Leviticus 19:11)
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HUMANITY AND UPRIGHTNESS. Gleaning is to be encouraged, both in field
and vineyard. It may well be that the corners of the field were
originally left so as to avoid driving out the vegetation spirit....
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THOU SHALT LOVE. See Matthew 7:12; Matthew 22:39; Matthew 22:40; Luke
6:31;...
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Against hatred and vengeance; instead of cherishing hatred, rebuke thy
neighbour (i.e. point out his fault), and persist in so doing (thou
shalt _surely_), e.g. as in the case mentioned in Matthew 18:...
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THOU SHALT NOT AVENGE, &C.— See Romans 12:19. Matthew 7:12 from
which we learn how we are to love our neighbour as ourself. Here,
indeed, we have the whole of the former precepts in a word; for love
w...
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THE SECOND TABLE OF THE LAW 19:9-18
TEXT 19:9-18
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And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap
the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of
thy harve...
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_THOU SHALT NOT AVENGE, NOR BEAR ANY GRUDGE AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF
THY PEOPLE, BUT THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF: I AM THE
LORD._
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. The word "neigh...
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VARIOUS LAWS, MAINLY OF A MORAL AND HUMANE CHARACTER
This chapter was very naturally regarded by Jewish authorities as an
embodiment of the Decalogue. It will be observed that in general the
precepts...
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Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself] This is the 'royal law'
(James 2:8) and the principle underlying the second table of the
Decalogue: see Matthew 22:35. The word neighbour was interpreted in a...
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LEVITICUS
*WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS
LEVITICUS
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
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THOU SHALT NOT AVENGE. — As the preceding verse enjoins upon us to
reprove the offender, this verse forbids us to avenge the wrong even
when the rebuke has proved ineffectual, thus demanding the great...
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לֹֽא ־תִקֹּ֤ם וְ לֹֽא ־תִטֹּר֙ אֶת
־בְּנֵ֣י
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THE LAW OF HOLINESS (CONCLUDED)
Leviticus 19:1
WE have in this chapter a series of precepts and prohibitions which
from internal evidence appear to have been selected by an inspired
redactor of the c...
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The more positive habits of separation are insisted on by the
repetition of laws already given, with one reiterated emphasis,
namely, the fact that the God of this people is Jehovah. There was,
first,...
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Revenge, by private authority, or out of passion, which the pagans
themselves acknowledged was more becoming a brute than a man, feræ
est. (Muson. Sen. de ira ii. 32.) --- Citizens. Hebrew, "observe o...
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All these precepts explain themselves. The argument made use of for
the enforcing them is striking; the LORD'S authority. Cursing the
deaf, putting a stumbling block in the way of the blind; and the l...
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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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18._Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself_. What every man’s mind
ought to be towards his neighbor, could not be better expressed in
many pages that in this one sentence. We are all of us not only
i...
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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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THOU SHALT NOT AVENGE,.... That is, not avenge ourselves on him that
has done us an ill thing, but leave it to him to whom vengeance
belongs, see Romans 12:19; which is done when a man does an ill thi...
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_Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of
thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the
LORD._
Ver. 18. _Nor bear any grudge._] Heb., Nor keep. There...
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_Thy neighbour_ Every man, as plainly appears, 1st, By comparing this
place with Leviticus 19:34, where this law is applied to strangers.
2d, Because the word _neighbour_ is explained by _another man,...
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1 A repetition of sundry Lawes.
1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, and say
vnto them, [NOTE: Leviticus 11:44; Leviticus 20:7; 1 Pet...
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MANY LAWS GROUPED TOGETHER (VV. 1-37)
We have seen at the beginning and end of chapter 18 God's
announcement, “I am the Lord your God.” In chapter 19 the
expression “I am the Lord” occurs 15 times. Bu...
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NOR BEAR ANY GRUDGE, Heb. _nor keep_, either,
1. The injury here supposed in thy memory: so it is opposed to those
who say they will forgive, but not forget an injury. Or,
2. Anger or hatred in thy h...
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CONTENTS: Further laws concerning proper relationships.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: God's people being distinguished from all other people by
a peculiar relationship with Him through Christ,...
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The leading precepts of the law are here repeated to give them new
force, and with many additions and illustrations, that they might be
better understood. Most of these having already been explained,...
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_Thou shalt not avenge._
FORGIVE AND FORGET
In another place we read, “For vengeance is Mine, and I will
repay.” Wrest not God’s sword therefore out of His hand, sit not
down in His seat, nor make th...
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LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 19:1__ The Lord strongly commands the
people (including the priests) to become holy in their practice, as he
is holy (v. Leviticus 19:2). They do this by observi
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LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 19:11 Holiness requires that a person
keep the Word of God, especially the Ten Commandments.
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LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 19:18 The instruction of v. Leviticus
19:17 is heightened: YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. This is
a fundamental principle o
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Practical Piety: Religion in all Relationships
SUGGESTIVE READINGS
Leviticus 19:2.—Speak unto all the congregation of the children of
Israel, and say: Nowhere else in the whole of Leviticus does this...
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EXPOSITION
From the prohibition of moral uncleanness exhibiting itself in the
form of incest and licentiousness, the legislator proceeds to a series
of laws and commandments against other kinds of imm...
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Now God continues in this same vein, as He moves into chapter
nineteen.
Speak unto all of the congregation of the children of Israel, and say
unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am ho...
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1 Peter 2:1; 2 Samuel 13:22; 2 Samuel 13:28; Colossians 3:8;...
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Thy neighbour — Every man, as plainly appears, By comparing this
place with Leviticus 19:34, where this law is applied to strangers.
Because the word neighbour is explained by another man, Leviticus
2...