Leviticus 20:1
SPAKE. See note on Leviticus 5:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPAKE. See note on Leviticus 5:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAIN. See Leviticus 18:21. This is so serious that it must be repeated. There, only. command; here, the penalty. CHILDREN. Hebrew sons. MOLECH. The king-idol. See note on Leviticus 18:21, where this law follows that on incest; while here it precedes it.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Hebrew. _i_. _h_. App-14. HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE. that.... [ Continue Reading ]
FAMILY. Compare Ezekiel 18:2, and note the contrast. Jeremiah 31:29... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. FAMILIAR SPIRITS. See note on Leviticus 19:31. WIZARDS. See note on Leviticus 19:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD [Hebrew. _Jehovah._ your God [Hebrew. _Elohim._ Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint, read. "I am holy, Jehovah your God".... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORDWHICH SANCTIFY YOU. _Jehovah Mekad-dishkem,_ one of the Jehovah titles. See App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY ONE. Hebrew. _i_ sh 'ish. App-14. BLOOD. Figure of speech _Metalepsis,_ App-6, "bloods", put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct) for guilt, and "guilt" put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause) for penalty.... [ Continue Reading ]
FATHER'S WIFE. See Leviticus 18:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
DAUGHTER IN LAW. See Leviticus 18:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
MANKIND. Hebrew "male". See Leviticus 18:22. ABOMINATION. See note on Leviticus 18:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
WIFE AND HER MOTHER. See Ch. Leviticus 18:17. WICKEDNESS. disgraceful thing. Hebrew. _chesed_ (App-44). _Chesed_ is. _Homonym_: i.e. another word, spelled the same. It means (1) _mercy, grace, goodness_ (Genesis 24:12. 2Sa 7:15. 1 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 6:14.Job 37:13.Psalms 103:4; Psalms 103... [ Continue Reading ]
BEAST. See Leviticus 18:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
SISTER. See Leviticus 18:9. SIGHT OF THEIR PEOPLE.. special penalty is attached to this disgraceful thing. INIQUITY. perverseness. Hebrew. _avon_. App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
SICKNESS. See Leviticus 15:24; Leviticus 18:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIN. penalty. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause). App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPUE. Compare Leviticus 18:28, where it is rendered "vomit".... [ Continue Reading ]
MANNERS. statutes. It was this that brought down the judgment of extermination. No other remedy would do. These nations were descended from the _nephilim_ (see App-25), who like those who were destroyed by the Flood, were "after that" (Genesis 6:4) to be destroyed by the sword of Israel. NATION. So... [ Continue Reading ]
DIFFERENCE. separation, as in verse Leviticus 20:24. Compare Leviticus 10:10; Leviticus 11:47. SOULS. Hebrew, plural of _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEVERED. separated, as in verses Leviticus 20:24 and Leviticus 20:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
FAMILIAR SPIRIT. See note on Leviticus 19:31.... [ Continue Reading ]