And the land is defiled: therefore I do (m) visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself (n) vomiteth out her inhabitants.
(m) I will punish the land where such incestuous marriages and pollutions are tolerated.
(n) He compares the wicked to evil humours and overeating, which corrupt the stomach, and oppress nature, and therefore must be cast out by vomit.
Verse Leviticus 18:25. _THE LAND ITSELF VOMITETH OUT HER INHABITANTS._] This is a very nervous _prosopopoeia_ or _personification_; a figure by which any part of inanimate nature may be represented a...
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...
INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44. VOMITETH. Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia,_ App-6. Compare "spued", Leviticus 18:28. From the beginning, the earth has shared the consequences of man's guilt (Genesis...
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...
THE LAND ITSELF VOMITETH OUT HER INHABITANTS— One cannot conceive a stronger figure. _The land,_ by an elegant prosopopaeia, is personified, and represented as so sensible of the loathsome wickedness...
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...
THE LAND ITSELF VOMITETH OUT HER INHABITANTS. — From the creation the earth shared in the punishment of man’s guilt (Genesis 3:17), and at the restitution of all things she is to participate in his re...
וַ תִּטְמָ֣א הָ אָ֔רֶץ וָ אֶפְקֹ֥ד עֲוֹנָ֖הּ
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...
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...
AND THE LAND IS DEFILED,.... The inhabitants of it, with the immoralities and idolatries before mentioned: THEREFORE I DO VISIT THE INIQUITY THEREOF UPON IT; or punish the inhabitants that are on it...
And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. Ver. 25. _And the land is defiled._] From one end thereof to the other; E...
[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...
and the land is defiled; therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. The story of Sodom shows to what extent unnatural vices were practiced by...
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...
I DO VISIT; I am now visiting, or about to visit, i. e. to punish. See ISAIAH 26:21. THE LAND ITSELF VOMITETH OUT HER INHABITANTS, as no less burdens to the earth than corrupted food is to the stomach...
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 18:25 land H776 defiled H2930 (H8799) visit H6485 (H8799) iniquity H5771 land H776 vomits H6958 ...
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...
Ezekiel 36:17; Ezekiel 36:18; Hosea 2:13; Hosea 8:13; Hosea 9:9;...
I visit — I am about to visit, that is, to punish....