Leviticus 18:1
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND SAY UNTO THEM, I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD._ I am the Lord your God. This renewed mention of the divine sovereignty over the Israelites was intended to bear particularly on some laws that were widely different from the social customs that obtained both in Egypt an... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL THEREFORE KEEP MY STATUTES, AND MY JUDGMENTS: WHICH IF A MAN DO, HE SHALL LIVE IN THEM: I AM THE LORD._ Which if a man do, he shall live in them. A special blessing was promised to the Israelites on condition of their obedience to the divine law; and this promise was remarkably verified a... [ Continue Reading ]
_NONE OF YOU SHALL APPROACH TO ANY THAT IS NEAR OF KIN TO HIM, TO UNCOVER THEIR NAKEDNESS: I AM THE LORD._ None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin, х_ 'IYSH_ (H376) _ 'IYSH_ (H376) ... _ LO'_ (H3808) _ TIQRªBUW_ (H7126)] - no man of you shall approach in conjugal connection (Leviticus... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE NAKEDNESS OF THY FATHER, OR THE NAKEDNESS OF THY MOTHER, SHALT THOU NOT UNCOVER: SHE IS THY MOTHER; THOU SHALT NOT UNCOVER HER NAKEDNESS._ The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother - [wª-, which is rendered "or", means here, "namely", that is, "to wit"; for the last clause of... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE NAKEDNESS OF THY SISTER, THE DAUGHTER OF THY FATHER, OR DAUGHTER OF THY MOTHER, WHETHER SHE BE BORN AT HOME, OR BORN ABROAD, EVEN THEIR NAKEDNESS THOU SHALT NOT UNCOVER._ The nakedness of thy sister ... - i:e., the child of either of thy parents, whether thy full sister or a stepsister, born i... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE NAKEDNESS OF THY SON'S DAUGHTER, OR OF THY DAUGHTER'S DAUGHTER, EVEN THEIR NAKEDNESS THOU SHALT NOT UNCOVER: FOR THEIRS IS THINE OWN NAKEDNESS._ THE NAKEDNESS OF THY SON'S DAUGHTER, OR OF THY DAUGHTER'S DAUGHTER. The reason assigned for prohibition in these cases is, that the parties are one's... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE NAKEDNESS OF THY FATHER'S WIFE'S DAUGHTER, BEGOTTEN OF THY FATHER, SHE IS THY SISTER, THOU SHALT NOT UNCOVER HER NAKEDNESS._ The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father. Since it seems not very probable that an enactment so nearly resembling that mentioned, Leviticus... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT NOT UNCOVER THE NAKEDNESS OF THY FATHER'S SISTER: SHE IS THY FATHER'S NEAR KINSWOMAN._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT NOT UNCOVER THE NAKEDNESS OF A WOMAN AND HER DAUGHTER, NEITHER SHALT THOU TAKE HER SON'S DAUGHTER, OR HER DAUGHTER'S DAUGHTER, TO UNCOVER HER NAKEDNESS; FOR THEY ARE HER NEAR KINSWOMEN: IT IS WICKEDNESS._ It is wickedness, х_ ZIMAAH_ (H2154)] - crime in general, but especially crime of... [ Continue Reading ]
_NEITHER SHALT THOU TAKE A WIFE TO HER SISTER, TO VEX HER, TO UNCOVER HER NAKEDNESS, BESIDE THE OTHER IN HER LIFE TIME._ Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister ... in her life-time, х_ 'ISHAAH_ (H802) _ 'EL_ (H413) _ 'ªCHOTAAH _ (H269)] - one wife to her sister. This passage has been interpre... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALSO THOU SHALT NOT APPROACH UNTO A WOMAN TO UNCOVER HER NAKEDNESS, AS LONG AS SHE IS PUT APART FOR HER UNCLEANNESS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT NOT LET ANY OF THY SEED PASS THROUGH THE FIRE TO MOLECH, NEITHER SHALT THOU PROFANE THE NAME OF THY GOD: I AM THE LORD._ Thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass ... Molech, or Moloch, which signifies 'king,' was the idol of the Ammonites. His proper name was Chemosh. His Egyptian co... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT NOT LIE WITH MANKIND, AS WITH WOMANKIND: IT IS ABOMINATION._ Thou shalt not lie with mankind ... - (cf. Judges 19:1; Romans 1:27; 1 Corinthians 6:9.) The existence of such horrid practices is thus attested by the authority of an apostle. From profane history we learn that this crime was... [ Continue Reading ]
_NEITHER SHALT THOU LIE WITH ANY BEAST TO DEFILE THYSELF THEREWITH: NEITHER SHALL ANY WOMAN STAND BEFORE A BEAST TO LIE DOWN THERETO: IT IS CONFUSION._ Neither shalt thou lie with any beast ... Such abominations were connected with the animal worship of Egypt (see 'Diodorus,' 1:, 85: 'Herodotus,' b... [ Continue Reading ]
_DEFILE NOT YE YOURSELVES IN ANY OF THESE THINGS: FOR IN ALL THESE THE NATIONS ARE DEFILED WHICH I CAST OUT BEFORE YOU:_ In all these the nations are defiled ... Ancient history gives many appalling proofs that the enormous vices described in this chapter were very prevalent-nay, were regularly pra... [ Continue Reading ]