Any beast. — The necessity for the prohibition of this shocking crime, for which the Mosaic law enacts the penalty of death (see Leviticus 20:15; Exodus 22:18), will appear all the more important when it is borne in mind that this degrading practice actually formed a part of the religious worship of the Egyptians in connection with the goat deities.
Verse Leviticus 18:23. _WITH ANY BEAST_] This abomination is also punishable with _death_ by the laws of this country. _ANY WOMAN STAND BEFORE A BEAST_] That this was often done in Egypt there can b...
V. PRACTICAL HOLINESS IN DAILY LIFE 1. Different Unholy Relationships CHAPTER 18 _ 1. Separation and obedience (Leviticus 18:1)_ 2. Unholy relationships (Leviticus 18:6) 3. Vile and abominable pr...
EPILOGUE. These sins mean defilement for those who commit them, whether Canaanites or Israelites, and also for the land itself. Hence the land also must be punished, and will vomit out its inhabitants...
APPENDICES. The grouping of offences is noteworthy, and the presence of Leviticus 18:21 (perhaps not original) with the rest. For Leviticus 18:19, see on Leviticus 15:24, and _cf._...
ANY BEAST. This was part of the religious worship of the Egyptians....
PROHIBITION OF SEXUAL CRIMES 18:19-23 TEXT 18:19-23 19 And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness. 20 And thou shalt not lie car...
_NEITHER SHALT THOU LIE WITH ANY BEAST TO DEFILE THYSELF THEREWITH: NEITHER SHALL ANY WOMAN STAND BEFORE A BEAST TO LIE DOWN THERETO: IT IS CONFUSION._ Neither shalt thou lie with any beast ... Such...
LAW OF FORBIDDEN DEGREES OF MARRIAGE, AND OF CHASTITY 3. Some of the unions here forbidden as incestuous were permitted among the nations of antiquity. The early Egyptians, e.g. permitted marriage wit...
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...
וּ בְ כָל ־בְּהֵמָ֛ה לֹא ־תִתֵּ֥ן שְׁכָבְתְּך
THE LAW OF HOLINESS: CHASTITY Leviticus 18:1 Chapter S 18, 19, and 20, by a formal introduction Leviticus 18:1 and a formal closing, Leviticus 20:22 are indicated as a distinct section, very commonly...
At this point in the enunciation of the laws of separation they assume a slightly altered character. So far, the fundamental matters of relationships to God have been the principal note. Now the habit...
_Crime. Hebrew, "confusion." The Egyptians did so with goats, as part of their religion. See chap. xx. 16. and An. Univ. Hist. We need not, however, infer from this law, that the crime was common amon...
I do not think it necessary to enlarge, either in notes or references, on the several verses here enumerated. They all speak expressly and plainly to the subjects intended. While the Christian Reader...
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...
Chapter 18 keeps them from dishonouring themselves in the things which belong to nature itself-to what man ought to be in his natural relations, that he might not dishonour himself. Man ought not to d...
NEITHER SHALL THOU LIE WITH ANY BEAST, TO DEFILE THYSELF THEREWITH,.... A female one, as Aben Ezra notes, as a mare, cow, or ewe, or any other beast, small or great, as Ben Gersom, or whether tame or...
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it [is] confusion. Ver. 23. _Neither shalt thou lie with any beast...
[VNLAWFULL MARRIAGES.] 1 Vnlawfull Marriages. 19 Vnlawfull lusts. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, I am the LORD your God. 3 After...
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself there with; neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto, to permit carnal intercourse; IT IS CONFUSION, a most abominable a...
UNNATURAL LUSTS...
FORBIDDING SEXUAL SINS (VV. 1-30) Chapter 17 has dealt with sin directly against God; now chapter 18 speaks of sin in relationship with other creatures, primarily humans, but also animals (v. 23). Mos...
A horrible confusion of the natures which God hath distinguished, and of the order which God hath appointed, and an overthrow of. all bounds of religion, honesty, sobriety, and modesty....
LEVITICUS 20:1-27. This section sets before us, in a very remarkable manner, the personal sanctity and moral propriety which Jehovah looked for, on the part of those whom He had graciously introduced...
Leviticus 18:23 you H5414 (H8799) mate H7903 animal H929 defile H2930 (H8800) woman H802 stand H5975 ...
OTHER FORBIDDEN SEXUAL RELATIONS (LEVITICUS 18:19). Leviticus 18:19 “And you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.” Sexual relations are...
CONTENTS: Relationship and walk of God's people. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Fleshly lusts war against the soul and will certainly be the ruin of it, if God's mercy and grace prevent not. K...
Leviticus 18:21. _Molech,_ or Moloch, was the chief idol of the Sabians, and of the Ammonites. 1 Kings 11:7; 1 Kings 11:33. To this idol Solomon built a high place on mount Olivet. The form of the ido...
_None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him._ CONSANGUINITY 1. God the institutor of marriage (Leviticus 18:6). 2. Faith in Christ not commanded in the law (Leviticus 18:5). 3. O...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 18:1 The Call to Holiness. This section applies the principle of holiness (Leviticus 19:1) to various aspects of Israelite life. Chapte
Incestuous Marriages: Domestic Purity SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 18:2.—Speak unto them and say, I am the Lord your God. Jehovah is the sole lawgiver, His word the one law to His people: ungodly cu...
PART III. SECTION III. EXPOSITION MORAL UNCLEANNESS AND ITS PUNISHMENT. This being the subject of the three following chapters (chapters 18-20), they naturally form a sequence to chapters 11-17, whic...
Here we find the term used over and over again, "For I am the Lord your God." So God wants a holy people. He tells them how they are to walk with them. "For I am the Lord your God", and actually layin...
Exodus 22:19; Leviticus 20:12; Leviticus 20:15; Leviticus 20:16...
Is the curse of barrenness the reason God condemned homosexuality? PROBLEM: According to Jewish belief, barrenness was a curse (Genesis 16:1; 1 Samuel 1:3-7). Children were considered a blessing from...