George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Leviticus 20:26
Mine. This is the reason of these different prescriptions, that they may know the dignity to which they have been raised, and may avoid the manners of the profane. (Calmet)
Mine. This is the reason of these different prescriptions, that they may know the dignity to which they have been raised, and may avoid the manners of the profane. (Calmet)
The ground is here again stated on which all these laws of holiness should be obeyed. See Leviticus 18:24 note. Leviticus 20:24 Compare the margin reference....
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...
THE FINAL APPEAL, emphasizing the motive of separation from the customs of the original inhabitants, complementary to that of fear of defilement (Leviticus 18:30). Refusal to make the due distinction...
SEVERED. separated, as in verses Leviticus 20:24 and Leviticus 20:25....
EXHORTATION TO FAITHFULNESS 20:22-26 TEXT 20:22-26 22 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them; that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, vomit you no...
_YE SHALL THEREFORE PUT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLEAN BEASTS AND UNCLEAN, AND BETWEEN UNCLEAN FOWLS AND CLEAN: AND YE SHALL NOT MAKE YOUR SOULS ABOMINABLE BY BEAST, OR BY FOWL, OR BY ANY MANNER OF LIVING T...
(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...
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...
AND YE SHALL BE HOLY UNTO ME. — Rather, _And ye shall be my holy ones,_ in harmony with the remark in the last clause of this verse, where God says that He had separated them for the purpose that “ye...
וִ הְיִ֤יתֶם לִי֙ קְדֹשִׁ֔ים כִּ֥י קָדֹ֖ושׁ א
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...
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,...
Let the Reader remark with me, in the perusal of these verses, the grounds on which the LORD enjoins sanctity of life and manners, and the very strong motives in which it is founded, namely, that the...
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...
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...
AND YE SHALL BE HOLY UNTO ME,.... Separated from all unclean persons and things, and devoted to his service, and obedient to all his commands, and so live holy lives and conversations, according to hi...
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD [am] holy, and have severed you from [other] people, that ye should be mine. Ver. 26. See Leviticus 19:2; Leviticus 20:7 ....
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...
And ye shall be holy unto Me; for I, the Lord, am holy, and have severed you from other people that ye should be Mine. "The sacred observance of the laws of food was thus a constant reminder for Israe...
ADMONITION TO HOLINESS...
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...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Leviticus 20:26 holy H6918 LORD H3068 holy H6918 separated H914 (H8686) peoples H5971 the Lord -...
ISRAEL ARE INHERITING A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY AND MUST NOT DEFILE IT BUT MUST BE HOLY TO YAHWEH (LEVITICUS 20:22). Leviticus 20:22 “You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my or...
Leviticus 20:26 I. The holiness of saints depends upon no outward condition, requires no special gift of nature or of Providence, of understanding or wisdom, nay, I may say, of grace. It need not be s...
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...
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....
_Ye shall be holy unto Me: for I the Lord am holy._ HOLINESS ENFORCED I. Let us endeavour to explain the meaning, and the force of that reason for which holiness is so universally enjoined. “Ye shall...
_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...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 20:22 A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY is a common scriptural description of Canaan (Exodus 13:5;...
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...
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...
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...
1 Peter 1:15; 1 Peter 1:16; Deuteronomy 14:2; Deuteronomy 26:18;...