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Verse 31. _REGARD NOT THEM THAT HAVE FAMILIAR SPIRITS_] The Hebrew
word _oboth_ probably signifies a kind of _engastromuthoi_ or
_ventriloquists_, or such as the Pythoness mentioned Leviticus 16:16;...
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The devotion of faith, which would manifest itself in obedience to the
commandment to keep God’s Sabbaths and to reverence His sanctuary
Leviticus 19:30, is the true preservative against the superstit...
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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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MISCELLANEOUS PRECEPTS, all found elsewhere, except the last. Most of
the forbidden actions have some magical significance, _e.g._ cutting
the hair in a special fashion, or maiming oneself (originally...
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FAMILIAR SPIRITS. These are evil spirits personating dead human
beings, and attaching themselves only to "mediums" and those who give
up their will to them.. dread reality is provided against by these...
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Miscellaneous precepts in reference to the various circumstances of
every-day life....
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_familiar spirits … wizards_ Cp. ch. Leviticus 20:6; Leviticus
20:27. For the difference between the two see Driver on Deuteronomy
18:11. The former expression (_"ôb_) may be rendered _ghost_. Its
ora...
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REGARD NOT THEM THAT HAVE FAMILIAR SPIRITS— The word האבת
_haobot,_ rendered _familiar spirits,_ signifies _conjurers, pythos;_
persons, says Parkhurst, who pretended to give prophetic answers, when
i...
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CONCLUDING INJUCTIONS 19:30-37
TEXT 19:30-37
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Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah.
31
Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the
wizards; seek...
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_REGARD NOT THEM THAT HAVE FAMILIAR SPIRITS, NEITHER SEEK AFTER
WIZARDS, TO BE DEFILED BY THEM: I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD._
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, х_ HAA'OBOT_ (H178);
Septuagint, e...
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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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THAT HAVE FAMILIAR SPIRITS] necromancers who profess to hold
communication with the dead: cp. Exodus 22:18; Deuteronomy 18:11; 1
Samuel 28:7.
33, 34 See on...
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LEVITICUS
*WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS
LEVITICUS
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
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REGARD NOT. — Better, _Turn ye not unto,_ as the Authorised Version
renders this very phrase in Leviticus 19:4.
THEM THAT HAVE FAMILIAR SPIRITS. — This phrase represents the single
word _oboth_ in the...
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אַל ־תִּפְנ֤וּ אֶל ־הָ אֹבֹת֙ וְ אֶל
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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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Wizards. Hebrew oboth, denotes familiar spirits, (1 Kings
viii.[xxviii.?] 7,) which gave answers from the belly or breast, as
from a bottle; whence such wizards are called by the Greeks,
engastrimutho...
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These precepts are to the same effect as the former, in point of
plainness and tendency. And they are enforced by the same authority.
It is very interesting to the true believer in CHRIST, while readi...
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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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REGARD NOT THEM THAT HAVE FAMILIAR SPIRITS,.... The word used
signifies "bottles", and that sort of diviners here intended go by
this name, either because what they sat on when they divined was in
the...
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Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after
wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God.
Ver. 31. _I am the Lord your God._] What need you then run to the
devil for di...
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_Wizards_ Them that have entered into covenant with the devil, by
whose help they foretel many things to come, and acquaint men with
secret things; see Leviticus 20:27; Deuteronomy 18:11; 1Sa 28:3; 1...
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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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THEM THAT HAVE FAMILIAR SPIRITS; that have entered into covenant with
the devil, by whose help they foretell many things to come, and
acquaint men with secret things. See Leviticus 20:27 Deuteronomy 1...
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THE IMPORTANCE OF A RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARDS YAHWEH (LEVITICUS 19:30).
Leviticus 19:30
“You shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary. I am
Yahweh.”
Indeed rather than sinking to the depths...
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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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_Them that have familiar spirits._
PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC WITH FAMILIAR SPIRITS
This verse prohibits all inquiring of them that “have familiar
spirits,” and of “wizards,” who pretend to make relevati...
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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 19:26 These are all practices of the
Canaanites. Holiness requires Israel not to act like the ungodly in
any area of life.
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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 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Samuel 28:3; 1 Samuel 28:7; 2 Chronicles 33:6;...
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Wizards — Them that have entered into covenant with the devil, by
whose help they foretel many things to come, and acquaint men with
secret things. See Leviticus 20:27; Deuteronomy 18:11; 1 Samuel 28:...