Leviticus 20:1-27. Various Laws with the Addition of Penalties for their Violation For the relation between this ch. and those parts of ch. 18 which are kindred to it, see introd. note to the latter. The character stamped upon chs. 17 26 as the -Law of Holiness" is conspicuous in the hortatory fram... [ Continue Reading ]
_Moreover_ This introduction shews that the words that follow do not stand in their original context, but are an extract from a body of laws. Leviticus 20:2 appear to be inconsistent. In 2 the offender is to be stoned by the people, in 3 he is to be cut off by some kind of divine visitation. Probab... [ Continue Reading ]
_hide their eyes_ i.e. disregard. For the expression in this sense cp. Proverbs 28:27; Isaiah 1:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
_familiar spirits … wizards_ See on Leviticus 19:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
Almost verbally identical with Leviticus 11:44 a.... [ Continue Reading ]
The penalty of death is here assigned for cursing a parent, as in Exodus 21:17. In both places Targ. Ps-Jon. gives the traditional interpretation that when the sacred Name is mentioned in connexion with the cursing, the penalty of death is incurred. The words -his (their) blood shall be upon him (th... [ Continue Reading ]
Directions on the whole similar to those of Leviticus 18:6-20; Leviticus 18:22-23, but adding penalties for transgression.... [ Continue Reading ]
An exhortation fundamentally in agreement with Leviticus 18:24-30. The idea of a separation from other nations is prominent in connexion with that of holiness.... [ Continue Reading ]
The injunction that careful discrimination must be employed in the matter of clean and unclean food must, as Wellh. (_Composition d. Hex_. etc., p. 158, Berlin, 1889) and others point out, in its original context have been accompanied by detailed directions such as now are found in ch. 11. Leviticu... [ Continue Reading ]
See on Leviticus 19:31. This supplementary precept is not identical with the earlier one. Here the subject is the person within whom the discarnate spirit is supposed to be working (lit. -when there is in them an" _ôb_or a familiar spirit"), while in Leviticus 20:6 it is the person who makes applica... [ Continue Reading ]