What does Leviticus 18:21 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech,c neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD."
Verse Leviticus 18:21. _PASS THROUGH_ THE FIRE _TO MOLECH_] The name of this idol is mentioned for the first time in this place. As the word מלח _molech_ or _melech_ signifies _king_ or _governor_, it...
MOLECH - See the note at Leviticus 20:2....
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...
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._ Ezekiel 18:6. For L...
SEED. children. PASS THROUGH, &C. Hebrew "pass to Molech", i.e. into his arms, from which it passed through the fire to him. MOLECH. Always has the article (except 1 Kings 11:7, which is probably. co...
A more suitable position for this precept would be at the end of the laws in Leviticus 18:7. It occurs in a developed form in Leviticus 20:2-5. Its sudden interposition may be accounted for by remembe...
THOU SHALT NOT, &C.— This prohibition being delivered more at large in the 20th chapter, we refer to it. A commentator, however, observes on this passage, that "Moloch was a name common to all the god...
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...
_AND THOU SHALT NOT LET ANY OF THY SEED PASS THROUGH THE FIRE TO MOLECH, NEITHER SHALT THOU PROFANE THE NAME OF THY GOD: I AM THE LORD._ Thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass ... Molech, or Moloch,...
18:21 Molech, (c-17) A divinity of the Ammonites to which little children were sacrificed....
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 wi...
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...
AND THOU SHALT NOT LET ANY OF THY SEED. — Literally, _And thou shalt not give any of thy seed._ Those who violate the sanctity of the marriage ties will readily sacrifice their children. Hence the pro...
וּ מִֽ זַּרְעֲךָ֥ לֹא ־תִתֵּ֖ן לְ הַעֲבִ֣יר לַ † מֹּ֑לֶךְ וְ לֹ֧א תְחַלֵּ֛ל 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 commonl...
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...
And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through [the fire] to (l) Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD. (l) Which was an idol of the Ammonites, to whom they burn...
Consecrated. Hebrew, "to pass through the fire to Moloch." Septuagint, "to serve the ruler." Syriac, "to marry strange women;" as also chap. xx. 2. One of the sons of Achaz was offered to this idol of...
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...
18:21._Thou shalt not let any of thy seed. _In these three precepts Moses more lightly touches on what we have lately seen set forth at greater length in Deuteronomy; for there he condemns impious off...
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 THOU SHALT NOT LET ANY OF THY SEED PASS THROUGH [THE FIRE] TO MOLECH,.... The name of an image or idol, according to Aben Ezra, who observes, that their wise men interpret it as a general name for...
_And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD._ Ver. 21. _Pass through the fire._] Either to be burnt to d...
_Pass through the fire to Molech_ In the Hebrew it is only _pass through to Molech._ But though the word _fire_ be not in the original, it is reasonably supplied from other places, where it is express...
[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 thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, an ancient Canaanitish idol in the form of a hollow statue with the head of an ox, in whose worship such bestial practices of sa...
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). Mo...
PASS THROUGH THE FIRE this was done two ways; either, 1. By burning them in the fire, of which see 2 KINGS 3:27 2 CHRONICLES 28:3 PSALMS 106:37,38 ISA 57:5. Or, 2. By making them pass between two gre...
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 18:21 not H5414 (H8799) descendants H2233 pass H5674 (H8687) Molech H4432 profane H2490 (H8762) name H8034 God H430 LORD H3068 pass through - Leviticus 20:2; Deuteronomy 12:31, Deuteronomy...
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...
MOLECH Called Moloch. (Acts 7:43)....
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. Chapter Leviticus 18:1 considers sexual beh...
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 c...
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...
1 Kings 11:33; 1 Kings 11:7; 2 Kings 16:3; 2 Kings 21:6; 2 Kings 23:10; Acts 7:43; Amos 5:26; Deuteronomy 12:31; Deuteronomy 18:10; Ez
Pass through fire — This was done, either by burning them in the fire, or by making them pass between two great fires, which was a kind of consecration of them to that God. Moloch — Called also Milcom...