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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Leviticus 24:14

By laying their hands upon his head they gave public testimony that they heard this person speak such words, and did in their own and in all the people's names desire and demand justice to be executed upon him, that by this sacrifice God might be appeased, and his judgments turned away from the people, upon whom they would certainly fall if he were unpunished. Stone him; the same punishment which was before appointed for those who cursed their parents, whereas it deserved a far more grievous death, Thus God in this life mixeth mercy with judgment, and punisheth men less than their iniquities deserve.

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See also Leviticus 24:14 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 140 THE BLASPHEMER STONED Leviticus 24:13. _And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his he...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BRING FORTH HIM THAT HATH CURSED, WITHOUT THE CAMP, &C.— 1st, This was the custom in relation to accursed persons, and such as devoted themselves to destruction. Thus it was that _Joshua took Achan—an...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הֹוצֵ֣א אֶת ־הַֽ מְקַלֵּ֗ל אֶל ־מִ חוּץ֙

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    A BLASPHEMER STONED...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 7:58; Acts 7:59; Deuteronomy 13:10; Deuteronomy 13:9; Deute

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Lay their hands upon his head — Whereby they gave public testimony that they heard this person speak such words, and did in their own and all the peoples names, demand justice to be executed upon him,...

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