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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Leviticus 24:15-16

Whosoever curseth his God Speaketh of him reproachfully. Shall bear his sin That is, the punishment of it; shall not go unpunished, He that blasphemeth the name of the Lord This is a repetition of the same sin in other words, which is common. As this law is laid down in general terms, Leviticus 24:15, so both the sin and the punishment are particularly expressed, Leviticus 24:16. All the congregation To show their zeal for God, and to beget in them the greater dread and abhorrence of blasphemy.

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See also Leviticus 24:15-16 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LEVITICUS 24:10; LEVITICUS 24:23. The punishment for blasphemy connected, as in Leviticus 10:1 and Sabbath breaking, with an actual example. Language and literary manner suggest that the section is la...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Incident of the blasphemer, and laws arising out of that occurrence or suggested by it. This section closely resembles Numbers 15:32-36, which relates the punishment of the man found gathering sticks...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THOU SHALT SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, SAYING, WHOSOEVER CURSETH HIS GOD SHALL BEAR HIS SIN._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אֶל ־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל תְּדַבֵּ֣ר לֵ אמֹ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    A BLASPHEMER STONED...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-23 This offender was the son of an Egyptian father, and an Israelitish mother. The notice of his parents shows the common ill effect of mixed marriages. A standing law for the stoning of blaspheme...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Leviticus 24:15 speak H1696 (H8762) children H1121 Israel H3478 saying H559 (H8800) Whoever H376 curses H3588...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    INSTRUCTIONS ARISING FROM THE INCIDENT (LEVITICUS 24:15). The incident, and the execution, followed by these instructions, are intended to bring out the sacredness of life and the awfulness of the cr...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Penalty of blasphemy. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, son of Israelitish woman. CONCLUSION: If those who profane the name of God escape punishment from men, yet the Lord our God will not suffer th...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Leviticus 24:2. _Cause the lamps to burn continually._ The heathens also had lamps in their temples. In France it is amusing to see a dim light glimmering through the church windows; and truly it is h...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Blasphemed the name of the Lord._ BLASPHEMING AGAINST GOD’S HOLY NAME “Swearing is a sin that hath more malignancy in it against God, by how much the less is the temptation to it,” says Burroughs; a...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Whosoever curseth his God — Speaketh of him reproachfully. Shall bear his sin — That is, the punishment of it; shall not go unpunished....

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