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, though he bow not: neither doth that evil spirit desire any other reverence than to be sought unto.
Verse 31. _REGARD NOT THEM THAT HAVE FAMILIAR SPIRITS_] The Hebrew word _oboth_ probably signifies a kind of _engastromuthoi_ or _ventriloquists_, or such as the Pythoness mentioned Leviticus 16:16;...
The devotion of faith, which would manifest itself in obedience to the commandment to keep God’s Sabbaths and to reverence His sanctuary Leviticus 19:30, is the true preservative against the superstit...
2. DIFFERENT DUTIES CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Honoring parents and fearing God (Leviticus 19:1)_ 2. The care of the poor (Leviticus 19:9) 3. Against stealing and lying (Leviticus 19:11) 4
MISCELLANEOUS PRECEPTS, all found elsewhere, except the last. Most of the forbidden actions have some magical significance, _e.g._ cutting the hair in a special fashion, or maiming oneself (originally...
FAMILIAR SPIRITS. These are evil spirits personating dead human beings, and attaching themselves only to "mediums" and those who give up their will to them.. dread reality is provided against by these...
Miscellaneous precepts in reference to the various circumstances of every-day life....
_familiar spirits … wizards_ Cp. ch. Leviticus 20:6; Leviticus 20:27. For the difference between the two see Driver on Deuteronomy 18:11. The former expression (_"ôb_) may be rendered _ghost_. Its ora...
REGARD NOT THEM THAT HAVE FAMILIAR SPIRITS— The word האבת _haobot,_ rendered _familiar spirits,_ signifies _conjurers, pythos;_ persons, says Parkhurst, who pretended to give prophetic answers, when i...
CONCLUDING INJUCTIONS 19:30-37 TEXT 19:30-37 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am Jehovah. 31 Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards; seek...
_REGARD NOT THEM THAT HAVE FAMILIAR SPIRITS, NEITHER SEEK AFTER WIZARDS, TO BE DEFILED BY THEM: I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD._ Regard not them that have familiar spirits, х_ HAA'OBOT_ (H178); Septuagint, e...
VARIOUS LAWS, MAINLY OF A MORAL AND HUMANE CHARACTER This chapter was very naturally regarded by Jewish authorities as an embodiment of the Decalogue. It will be observed that in general the precepts...
THAT HAVE FAMILIAR SPIRITS] necromancers who profess to hold communication with the dead: cp. Exodus 22:18; Deuteronomy 18:11; 1 Samuel 28:7. 33, 34 See on...
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...
REGARD NOT. — Better, _Turn ye not unto,_ as the Authorised Version renders this very phrase in Leviticus 19:4. THEM THAT HAVE FAMILIAR SPIRITS. — This phrase represents the single word _oboth_ in the...
אַל ־תִּפְנ֤וּ אֶל ־הָ אֹבֹת֙ וְ אֶל
THE LAW OF HOLINESS (CONCLUDED) Leviticus 19:1 WE have in this chapter a series of precepts and prohibitions which from internal evidence appear to have been selected by an inspired redactor of the c...
The more positive habits of separation are insisted on by the repetition of laws already given, with one reiterated emphasis, namely, the fact that the God of this people is Jehovah. There was, first,...
Wizards. Hebrew oboth, denotes familiar spirits, (1 Kings viii.[xxviii.?] 7,) which gave answers from the belly or breast, as from a bottle; whence such wizards are called by the Greeks, engastrimutho...
These precepts are to the same effect as the former, in point of plainness and tendency. And they are enforced by the same authority. It is very interesting to the true believer in CHRIST, while readi...
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...
REGARD NOT THEM THAT HAVE FAMILIAR SPIRITS,.... The word used signifies "bottles", and that sort of diviners here intended go by this name, either because what they sat on when they divined was in the...
_Wizards_ Them that have entered into covenant with the devil, by whose help they foretel many things to come, and acquaint men with secret things; see Leviticus 20:27; Deuteronomy 18:11; 1Sa 28:3; 1...
1 A repetition of sundry Lawes. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Speake vnto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, and say vnto them, [NOTE: Leviticus 11:44; Leviticus 20:7; 1 Pet...
MANY LAWS GROUPED TOGETHER (VV. 1-37) We have seen at the beginning and end of chapter 18 God's announcement, “I am the Lord your God.” In chapter 19 the expression “I am the Lord” occurs 15 times. Bu...
THEM THAT HAVE FAMILIAR SPIRITS; that have entered into covenant with the devil, by whose help they foretell many things to come, and acquaint men with secret things. See Leviticus 20:27 Deuteronomy 1...
Leviticus 19:31 regard H6437 (H8799) mediums H178 spirits H3049 seek H1245 (H8762) defiled H2930 (H8800) LORD...
THE IMPORTANCE OF A RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARDS YAHWEH (LEVITICUS 19:30). Leviticus 19:30 “You shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary. I am Yahweh.” Indeed rather than sinking to the depths...
CONTENTS: Further laws concerning proper relationships. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: God's people being distinguished from all other people by a peculiar relationship with Him through Christ,...
The leading precepts of the law are here repeated to give them new force, and with many additions and illustrations, that they might be better understood. Most of these having already been explained,...
_Them that have familiar spirits._ PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC WITH FAMILIAR SPIRITS This verse prohibits all inquiring of them that “have familiar spirits,” and of “wizards,” who pretend to make relevati...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 19:1__ The Lord strongly commands the people (including the priests) to become holy in their practice, as he is holy (v. Leviticus 19:2). They do this by observi
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 19:26 These are all practices of the Canaanites. Holiness requires Israel not to act like the ungodly in any area of life. ⇐...
Practical Piety: Religion in all Relationships SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 19:2.—Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say: Nowhere else in the whole of Leviticus does this...
EXPOSITION From the prohibition of moral uncleanness exhibiting itself in the form of incest and licentiousness, the legislator proceeds to a series of laws and commandments against other kinds of imm...
Now God continues in this same vein, as He moves into chapter nineteen. Speak unto all of the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am ho...
1 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Samuel 28:3; 1 Samuel 28:7; 2 Chronicles 33:6;...
Wizards — Them that have entered into covenant with the devil, by whose help they foretel many things to come, and acquaint men with secret things. See Leviticus 20:27; Deuteronomy 18:11; 1 Samuel 28:...