Ye shall therefore keep my statutes. — As the perpetration of the above named abominations entailed such disastrous consequences both to the land and to its inhabitants, the strict observance of the Divine statutes is enjoined upon all alike, whether they be Israelites by race or strangers who took up their abode amongst them and joined the Jewish community. (See Leviticus 17:9.)
The land designed and consecrated for His people by Yahweh Leviticus 25:23 is here impersonated, and represented as vomiting forth its present inhabitants, in consequence of their indulgence in the ab...
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...
YE. In some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Syr, and Vulgate, this "Ye" has no emphasis....
See general note at the beginning of the ch. These _vv._are probably expanded from earlier materials. After the warning in Leviticus 18:24 the standpoint changes, and the remainder of the passage is a...
SOLEMN WARNING 18:24-30 TEXT 18:24-30 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you; 25 and the land is defiled: the...
_DEFILE NOT YE YOURSELVES IN ANY OF THESE THINGS: FOR IN ALL THESE THE NATIONS ARE DEFILED WHICH I CAST OUT BEFORE YOU:_ In all these the nations are defiled ... Ancient history gives many appalling...
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 שְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם אַתֶּ֗ם אֶת ־חֻקֹּתַי֙ וְ אֶת
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...
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...
26._Ye shall therefore keep my statutes _He here contrasts His Law with the abominations of the Gentiles. The exhibition of His severity, which He had referred to, might indeed have sufficed for the i...
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...
YE SHALL THEREFORE KEEP MY STATUTES AND MY JUDGMENTS,.... Before observed to them, whether of a ceremonial nature, and enjoined them according to his sovereign will and pleasure; or of a moral nature,...
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit [any] of these abominations; [neither] any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: Ver. 26. _Ye shal...
_Nor any stranger_ In nation or religion, of what kind soever. For though they might not force them to submit to their religion, yet they might restrain them from the public contempt of the Jewish law...
[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...
Ye shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations, neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you ("The land which the an...
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...
NOR ANY STRANGER, in nation or religion, of what kind soever. For though they might not force them to submit to their religion, yet they might restrain them from the public contempt of the Jewish laws...
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 18:26 keep H8104 (H8804) statutes H2708 judgments H4941 commit H6213 (H8799) abominations H8441 nation H2
SUMMARY WARNING OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF DISOBEDIENCE (LEVITICUS 18:24). Leviticus 18:24 “Do not defile yourselves in any of these things, for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out fro...
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
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 18:24 All the listed offenses are declared to be an outrage to the Lord. They defile the offender and the LAND. ⇐
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...
Deuteronomy 12:32; Deuteronomy 4:1; Deuteronomy 4:2; Deuteronomy 4:40;...
Nor any stranger — In nation or religion, of what kind soever. For though they might not force them to submit to their religion, yet they might restrain them from the publick contempt of the Jewish la...