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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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PENALTIES FOR SEXUAL SINS generally death, the manner being
unspecified. Adultery, incest, sodomy head the list; the special case
of Leviticus 20:14 (contrast Amos 2:7) is followed by the burning of
a...
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FATHER'S WIFE. See Leviticus 18:8....
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Directions on the whole similar to those of Leviticus 18:6-20;
Leviticus 18:22-23, but adding penalties for transgression....
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THEIR BLOOD SHALL BE UPON THEM— Compare Deuteronomy 19:10. The plain
meaning of the phrase is, _their blood shall be chargeable upon
themselves:_ the punishment of them shall acquit the land from guil...
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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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LEVITICUS
*WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS
LEVITICUS
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking.
Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
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וְ אִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִשְׁכַּב֙ אֶת
־אֵ֣שֶׁת אָב
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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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_Father. See chap. xviii. 8. It is supposed that the father was dead,
otherwise the punishment would probably be greater than for adultery.
The Samaritan, "with the wife of his father's brother." (Cal...
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What is here rehearsed concerning uncleanness, every Christian reader
may say, as the apostle, of such horrible corruptions in general, let
it not be once named among you as becometh saints. Ephesians...
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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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Nothing new occurs here, for the object of Moses was, by the enactment
of penalties, to sanction the instruction lately given. By previously
condemning incestuous marriages, he would cite the Israelit...
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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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AND THE MAN THAT LIETH WITH HIS FATHER'S WIFE,.... Whether she be his
mother, or another woman, as the Targum of Jonathan; that is, whether
she is his own mother, or a stepmother, or whether he did th...
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And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his
father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their
blood [shall be] upon them.
Ver. 11-14. See on Leviticus 18:1,30...
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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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And the man that lieth with his father's wife, with his stepmother,
HATH UNCOVERED HIS FATHER'S NAKEDNESS. BOTH OF THEM SHALL SURELY BE
PUT TO DEATH; THEIR BLOOD SHALL BE UP ON THEM....
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FOR UNLAWFUL MARRIAGES...
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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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10-27 These verses repeat what had been said before, but it was
needful there should be line upon line. What praises we owe to God
that he has taught the evil of sin, and the sure way of deliverance
f...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Leviticus 20:11 man H376 lies H7901 (H8799) fathers H1 wife H802
uncovered H1540 (H8765) fathers H1 nakedness...
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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 20:10 This section includes the
punishments for each of the sexual activities prohibited in ch.
Leviticus 18:1: capital punishment ...
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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 Corinthians 5:1; Amos 2:7; Deuteronomy 27:20; Deuteronomy 27:23;...