Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God [am] holy. Ver. 2. _Ye shall be holy._] Ritually and really. _See Trapp on "_ Lev 11:44 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Mat 5:48 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ 1Pe 1:16 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ 1Jn 3:3 _... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I [am] the LORD your God. Ver. 3. _Ye shall fear every man his mother._] The mother is set first, because usually most slighted. The days of mourning for my father are at hand, then will I slay my brother Jacob, said that pro... [ Continue Reading ]
Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I [am] the LORD your God. Ver. 4. _Turn ye not unto idols._] Heb., _Elilim; deunculi, deastri; _ Petty gods, dunghill deities; of all which we should say, as he did once, _Contemno minutulos istos deos, modo Iovem (Iehovam) mihi propitium... [ Continue Reading ]
And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will. Ver. 5. _At your own will._] Or, for your favourable acceptation, that God may graciously accept you.... [ Continue Reading ]
It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire. Ver. 6. _It shall be eaten the same day._] _See Trapp on "_ Lev 7:15 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Lev 7:17 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Lev 7:18 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Lev 7:19 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it [is] abominable; it shall not be accepted. Ver. 7. _It is abominable._] A thing to be rejected (απιβλητον), saith Aquila, who is thought by some to be the same with Onkelos, the Chaldee paraphrast, who lived ninety years after Christ, and translated th... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore [every one] that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Ver. 8. _Shall bear his iniquity._] See on Leviticus 17:16 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. Ver. 9. _And when ye reap._] See what provision the Lord maketh for his poor, commanding that the fuller cups of the richer sort may overflow into... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather [every] grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I [am] the LORD your God. Ver. 10. _I am the Lord._] The chief owner of all thou hast. _ Your God._] Whom thou oughtest to honour with thy substance. Pro... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. Ver. 11. _Ye shall not steal_] _See Trapp on "_ Eph 4:28 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Eph 4:25 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Exo 20:15 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Lev 6:3 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD. Ver. 12. _Neither shalt thou profane the name._] By presuming rashly and lightly to blurt out this reverend name in an oath, or otherwise. The Grecians, as Suidas observes, when they would sw... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob [him]: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. Ver. 13. _The wages of him that is hired._] This is a crying sin, Jam 5:3 condemned by the very light of nature. Plato _a_ would have him double paid that i... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I [am] the LORD. Ver. 14. _Thou shalt not curse the deaf._] So by analogy, the absent that cannot speak for themselves, or the dead. Of all fowl we most hate and detest the crows; and of all beasts the... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: [but] in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. Ver. 15. _Thou shalt not respect._] Spare not the great for their might, nor the mean for their misery. Causes must... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not go up and down [as] a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I [am] the LORD. Ver. 16. _Up and down as a talebearer._] Heb., As a pedlar, that first fills his pack with reports and rumours, and then goes peddling up and down, droppin... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. Ver. 17. _Thou shalt not hate thy brother._] Most unkindnesses that fall out among friends grow upon mistakes and misunderstandings. Now, a friendly reasoning the case, or, if n... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I [am] the LORD._ Ver. 18. _Nor bear any grudge._] Heb., Nor keep. There is nothing that a man is more ready to keep than his wrath. Therefore the Hebrews both here and Jere... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. Ver. 19. _Ye shall keep my statutes._] Even these next following, though they may seem to be but... [ Continue Reading ]
And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that [is] a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. Ver. 20. _She shall be scourged._] Thus still, saith a grave interpreter, the Lo... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, [even] a ram for a trespass offering. Ver. 21. His trespass offering. Whereof see Leviticus 5:1,19 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him. Ver. 22. _Shall be forgiven,_] _sc., _ By faith in Christ, whom these sacrifices did shadow and set forth.... [ Continue Reading ]
And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of. Ver. 23. _Three years shall it be as uncircumcised._] And so to be cast awa... [ Continue Reading ]
But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD [withal]. Ver. 24. _Shall be holy,_] i.e., They shall be given the priests as firstfruits.... [ Continue Reading ]
And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I [am] the LORD your God. Ver. 25. _That it may yield unto you the increase thereof,_] _i.e., _ Abundantly in recompense of those four former years. In doing of God's will there is great reward... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall not eat [any thing] with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. Ver. 26. _Neither shall ye use enchantment._] Or, observe fortunes, conjecture by signs of good or evil luck, as some render it.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. Ver. 27. _Ye shall not round._] Because the Arabians their neighbours did so, and they should not be conformed to idolaters. _a_ Oleaster, a Popish interpreter, understandeth such a shaving here, as their... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD._ Ver. 28. _Ye shall not make any cuttings._] Another heathenish custom, of such as mourned without hope. _a_ Plutarch tells of some barbarians that did tear their hair, rend their flesh, slit... [ Continue Reading ]
_Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness._ Ver. 29. _Do not prostitute thy daughter._] As some of the heathens did in honour of their gods. As the papists do at this day, in their stews and brothel houses. _a... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I [am] the LORD. Ver. 30. _Ye shall keep my Sabbaths._] Twice in this chapter is this commanded, that it may be the better remembered: and that men may know that it is not enough to rest on that day, but that rest must be sanctified by a revere... [ Continue Reading ]
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God. Ver. 31. _I am the Lord your God._] What need you then run to the devil for direction? Is it because there is no God in Israel? Every one that consults with Satan, worships him,... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD. Ver. 32. _Thou shalt rise up._] _Cognata sunt_ γηρας _et_ γερας, old age and honour are near akin in the Greek tongue, _ut_ ηθος _et_ εθος. See Pro 20:29 Lamentations 5:12 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. Ver. 33. _And if a stranger._] _See Trapp on "_ Exo 22:21 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Leviticus 19:34 [But] the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God. Ver. 34. _Shall be unto you as one born among you._] If he be a proselyte.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Ver. 35. _Mete yard._] Or line, for measuring of ground.... [ Continue Reading ]
Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. Ver. 36. _Just balances._] See Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I [am] the LORD. Ver. 37. _And do them._] For they are _verba vivenda, non legenda._ Words not so much to be read as lived.... [ Continue Reading ]