Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Leviticus 20:9
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; (e) his blood [shall be] upon him.
(e) He is worthy to die.
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; (e) his blood [shall be] upon him.
(e) He is worthy to die.
Verse Leviticus 20:9. _CURSETH HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER_] Genesis 48:12, and _"_Exodus 20:12_"_. He who conscientiously keeps the _fifth_ commandment can be in no danger of this judgment. The term יק...
3. WARNINGS AGAINST SPECIAL SINS AND THEIR PENALTIES CHAPTER 20 _ 1. Warning against Molech--worship and familiar spirits (Leviticus 20:1)_ 2. Warning against cursing parents (Leviticus 20:9) 3. C...
WORSHIP OF MOLECH, ETC. Offering children to Molech (see Leviticus 18:21 *) is to be punished by stoning; such a death emphasizes the repudiation by the whole community and involves everyone in the ac...
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...
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 wi...
FOR EVERY ONE— Our old version here is, _If there be any that curseth,_ &c. The particle כי _ki,_ rendered _for,_ is not always causal; but frequently signifies _moreover, further, when,_ &c.; see Nol...
CURSING PARENTS-20:9 SEXUAL CRIMES-20:10-21 TEXT 20:9-21 9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall...
_SANCTIFY YOURSELVES THEREFORE, AND BE YE HOLY: FOR I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD._ Sanctify yourselves ... and be ye holy. The minute specification of the incestuous and unnatural crimes here enumerated sh...
(CHS. 17-26) THE LAW OF HOLINESS This section of Leviticus occupies a position by itself, being distinguished from the rest of the book both by style and contents. A few only of its main characteristi...
See Exodus 21:17. 19-21. See Leviticus 18:6....
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...
FOR EVERY ONE THAT CURSETH HIS FATHER. — Though the administrators of the Law during the second Temple have laid down the most minute regulation with regard to filial obedience (see Leviticus 19:3), a...
כִּֽי ־אִ֣ישׁ אִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְקַלֵּ֧ל אֶת ־א
PENAL SANCTIONS Leviticus 20:1 In no age or community has it been found sufficient, to secure obedience, that one should appeal to the conscience of men, or depend, as a sufficient motive, upon the n...
Once more we have a repetition of laws already enunciated with the same persistent thought of responsibility. In this section we find the death sentence associated with certain forms of disobedience,...
Die. The Rabbins say, by being strangled, when nothing farther is added: but if the following addition be made, stoning is understood. But their authority is not of much weight, and is contradicted, v...
Our LORD was pleased to take notice of this precept, and to confirm it. Matthew 15:4. And the law of nature seems to echo the same. Proverbs 30:17....
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...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 AND 20. Chapter s 19, 20, carry us somewhat farther. They were to be holy, for Jehovah was holy. Chapter 19 takes up rather the side of good, though keepin...
FOR EVERYONE THAT CURSETH HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER,.... Here begins the account of the penalties annexed to the several laws in the preceding chapter; and that respecting the fear and honour of parent...
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood [shall be] upon him. Ver. 9. _For every one that curseth._] _See T...
_Curseth_ This is not here meant of every perverse expression, but of bitter reproaches or imprecations. _His blood shall be upon him_ He is guilty of his own death: he deserves to die for so unnatura...
1 Of him that giueth of his seed to Molech. 4 of him that fauoureth such an one. 6 Of going to Wizards. 7 Of sanctification. 9 Of him that curseth his parents. 10 Of adulterie. 11.14.17.19 Of Inc...
FOR SINS AGAINST THE SIXTH, SECOND, AND FOURTH COMMANDMENTS...
Fore very one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death; he hath cursed his father or his mother, the representatives of God in the home, in the family; his blood shall be up...
PENALTIES FOR SIN GODWARD (VV. 1-8) Chapter 19 has given many laws forbidding sin; now chapter 20 shows that law, when it is broken, demands certain penalties. These penalties were to be executed as s...
1-9 Are we shocked at the unnatural cruelty of the ancient idolaters in sacrificing their children? We may justly be so. But are there not very many parents, who, by bad teaching and wicked examples,...
_ For, or, surely_, as that particle, _chi_, is oft used, as JOB 8:6, JOB 20:20. So there needs no dispute about the connexion, or what this is a reason of. Curseth; which is not meant of every perver...
Leviticus 20:9 everyone H376 H376 curses H7043 (H8762) father H1 mother H517 surely H4191 (H8800) death...
CRIMES WHICH DESERVE THE DEATH PENALTY (LEVITICUS 20:9). Leviticus 20:9 “For every one who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His b...
CONTENTS: Further laws on relationship and walk of God's people. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: God has distinguished His people from all others by a holy covenant with them through Christ, the...
Leviticus 20:2. _Molech._ See on Leviticus 18:21. Leviticus 20:3. _I will cut him off._ Ahaz gave his son to Molech, and the Lord afflicted his reign with miseries....
_He shall surely be put to death._ PENAL SANCTIONS This chapter, directly or indirectly, casts no little light on some most fundamental and practical questions regarding the administration of justice...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 20:9 ANYONE WHO CURSES HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER. Cursing one’s parents is the exact opposite of “honoring” them (Exodus 20:12;...
Social and Moral Crimes SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 20:2.—Again thou shalt say to the children of Israel. These denunclations of sin (already denounced in ch. 18.) are to be _repeated_ in the heari...
EXPOSITION The subject of Leviticus 18:1, is resumed in this chapter; but that which was before considered as sin only is now regarded as crime, and penalties are attached according to the heinousness...
Chapter twenty, now God begins to get a little heavier. In chapter twenty God goes over some of the things He dealt with in chapter eighteen, only in chapter twenty telling that the violators of these...
1 Kings 2:32; 2 Samuel 1:16; Deuteronomy 27:16; Exodus 21:17; Joshu
Curseth — This is not here meant of every perverse expression, but of bitter reproaches or imprecations. His blood shall be upon him — He is guilty of his own death: he deserves to die for so unnatura...