Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Leviticus 24:20
breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again, for the law of restitution demanded reparation.
breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again, for the law of restitution demanded reparation.
Verse Leviticus 24:20. _BREACH FOR BREACH_] This is a repetition of the _lex_ _talionis_, which _see explained, Clarke's note "_Exodus 21:24_"_....
3. BLASPHEMY AND ISRAEL'S SIN FORESHADOWED CHAPTER 24:10-23 _ 1. The blasphemy (Leviticus 24:10)_ 2. The penalty executed (Leviticus 24:23) The blasphemer who blasphemed the Name and cursed, foresh...
The Lex Talionis (_cf._ Exodus 21:23; Matthew 5:38). An early and simple form of the assessment and administration of judicial penalties. For Leviticus 24:17, _cf._...
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...
BREACH FOR BREACH, &C.— These words fully prove that we are to take those in Exodus 21:24 in a literal sense. We are not to imagine that individuals were permitted to avenge themselves, they were to r...
3. HISTORICAL: THE PUNISHMENT OF A BLASPHEMER 24:10-23 TEXT 24:10-23 10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the I...
_AND HE THAT KILLETH ANY MAN SHALL SURELY BE PUT TO DEATH._ He that killeth any man. These verses contain a repetition of some other laws relating to offences of a social nature, the penalties for wh...
OIL FOR THE LAMPS. THE SHEWBREAD. LAWS ON BLASPHEMY 1-4. Oil for the Lamps in the Tabernacle. On the construction of the Lampstand see Exodus 25:31, and with the present passage cp. Exodus 27:20 and...
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 IF A MAN CAUSE A BLEMISH. — See Exodus 21:24....
שֶׁ֚בֶר תַּ֣חַת שֶׁ֔בֶר עַ֚יִן תַּ֣חַת עַ֔יִן...
THE HOLY LIGHT AND THE SHEW BREAD: THE BLASPHEMER'S END Leviticus 24:1 IT is not easy to determine with confidence the association of thought which occasioned the interposition of this chapter, with...
THE PENALTY OF BLASPHEMY Leviticus 24:10 "And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of I...
LIGHT AND BREAD AND THE HOLY NAME Leviticus 24:1 The words “Before the Lord” are twice repeated in the opening paragraph. The pure lamplight, emblematic of the influence of a religious life; and the...
As this chapter is read, it seems at first to be out of place or out of order. Yet undoubtedly it is not so. The fact that we may not be able clearly to see the connection does not warrant its omissio...
_Breach, or fracture: if he break a bone, the like detriment shall he receive._...
Upon the occasion of this man's transgression, opportunity is taken to repeat some of those laws which had been before delivered. And the punishment of Shelomith's son is related. Reader, do not close...
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 remaining Chapter s of this book appear to me to have a special bearing. The Spirit of God has presented, in chapter 23, the history of the ways of God towards His people upon earth from beginning...
BREACH FOR BREACH, EYE FOR EYE, TOOTH FOR TOOTH,.... Which is not to be taken strictly or literally, but for the price or value of those, which is to be given in a pecuniary way; Exodus 21:24, Exodus...
1 The oyle for the lampes. 5 The Shewbread. 10 Shelomiths sonne blasphemeth. 13 The Law of Blasphemie. 17 Of Murther. 18 Of Damage. 23 The blasphemer is stoned. [THE SHEWBREAD.] 1 AND the LORD...
CONTINUAL LIGHT (VV. 1-4) Here Moses is told to command the children of Israel that they bring pure olive oil for the seven lamps, never allowing the supply of oil to lapse, so that the lamps would bu...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
There is very much to interest the spiritual mind in this brief section. We have seen in chapter 23. the history of the dealings of God with Israel, from the offering up of the Pascal Lamb, until the...
Leviticus 24:20 fracture H7667 fracture H7667 eye H5869 eye H5869 tooth H8127 tooth H8127 caused H5414 (H8799)
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...
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...
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...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 24:10__ These verses are an example of the laws in Israel that arose in response to specific situations. ⇐...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 24:17 FRACTURE FOR FRACTURE, EYE FOR EYE, TOOTH FOR TOOTH. This proverbial phrase means “the punishment must fit the crime” (compare Ex
Sanctuary Light; The Shewbread; Blasphemy Punished SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 24:1.—Cause the lamps to burn continually. There is a Light whose radiance never dims, whose glow never pales—self-lum...
EXPOSITION The reason why the narrative of the blasphemer's death (Leviticus 24:10-3) is introduced in its present connection, is simply that it took place at the point of time which followed the prom...
Now the beginning of chapter twenty-four, God commands them to bring olive oil so that they might keep the lamps burning continually in the tabernacle. Then God explains the shew bread. He gives the f...
Deuteronomy 19:21; Exodus 21:23; Matthew 5:38...