CHAPTER XXIV _Pure olive oil must be provided for the lamps_, 1, 2. _Aaron is to take care that the lamps be lighted from evening_ _to morning continually_, 3, 4. _How the shew-bread is to be made and ordered_, 5-8. _Aaron and his sons shall eat this bread in the holy place_, 9. _Of the son of... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 24:2. _PURE OIL OLIVE_] See every thing relative to this ordinance explained on Exodus 27:20-2.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 24:5. _BAKE TWELVE CAKES_] See the whole account of the _shew-bread_ in _Clarke's notes on "_Exodus 25:30_"_; and relative to the table on which they stood, the _golden candlestick_ and _silver trumpets_ carried in triumph to Rome, Exodus 25:31, Exodus 25:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 24:10. _THE SON OF AN ISRAELITISH WOMAN, WHOSE FATHER_ WAS _AN EGYPTIAN, C._] This is a very obscure account, and is encumbered with many difficulties. 1. It seems strange that a person proceeding from such an illegal mixture should have been _incorporated_ with the Israelites. 2.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 24:14. _LAY THEIR HANDS UPON HIS HEAD_] It was by this ceremony that the people who heard him curse bore their public testimony in order to his being fully convicted, for without this his punishment would not have been lawful. By this ceremony also they in effect said to the man, _Th... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 24:15. _WHOSOEVER CURSETH HIS GOD_] יקלל אלהיו _yekallel_ _Elohaiv_, he who makes _light_ of him, who does not treat him and sacred things with due reverence, _shall bear his sin _- shall have the guilt of this transgression imputed to him, and may expect the punishment.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 24:16. _BLASPHEMETH THE NAME OF THE LORD_] ונקב שם יהוה _venokeb shem Yehovah_, he who _pierces, transfixes_, or, as some translate it, _expounds_, the name of Jehovah; Leviticus 24:10. This being the name by which especially the Divine Essence was pointed out, it should be held pecu... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 24:17. _HE THAT KILLETH ANY MAN_] Blasphemy against God, i. e., speaking _injuriously_ of his name, his attributes, his government, and his revelation, together with murder, is to be punished with death: he that blasphemes God is a curse in society, and he who takes away, wilfully an... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 24:20. _BREACH FOR BREACH_] This is a repetition of the _lex_ _talionis_, which _see explained, Clarke's note "_Exodus 21:24_"_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 24:22. _YE SHALL HAVE ONE MANNER OF LAW, AS WELL FOR THE_ _STRANGER AS FOR ONE OF YOUR OWN COUNTRY_] Equal laws, where each individual receives the same protection and the same privileges, are the boast only of a _sound political constitution_. He who _respects_ and _obeys_ the laws... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Leviticus 24:23. _AND STONE HIM WITH STONES._] We are not to suppose that the culprit was exposed to the unbridled fury of the thousands of Israel; this would be _brutality_, not _justice_, for the very worst of tempers and passions might be produced and fostered by such a procedure. The Jews... [ Continue Reading ]