What does Leviticus 19:12 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD."
Leviticus 19:11 forbids injuries perpetrated by craft; Leviticus 19:13, those perpetrated by violence or power, the conversion of might into right. In Leviticus 19:13 “defraud” should rather be, oppre...
2. DIFFERENT DUTIES CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Honoring parents and fearing God (Leviticus 19:1)_ 2. The care of the poor (Leviticus 19:9) 3. Against stealing and lying (Leviticus 19:11) 4. Against oppressi...
HUMANITY AND UPRIGHTNESS. Gleaning is to be encouraged, both in field and vineyard. It may well be that the corners of the field were originally left so as to avoid driving out the vegetation spirit....
Precepts analogous to those in the Decalogue and expressed in 2nd pers. plur. (except the last)....
THE SECOND TABLE OF THE LAW 19:9-18 TEXT 19:9-18 9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harve...
_YE SHALL NOT STEAL, NEITHER DEAL FALSELY, NEITHER LIE ONE TO ANOTHER._ Ye shall not steal ... neither lie one to another, х_ 'IYSH_ (H376) _ BA`ªMIYTOW_ (H5997)] - a man by his neighbour. A variety...
VARIOUS LAWS, MAINLY OF A MORAL AND HUMANE CHARACTER This chapter was very naturally regarded by Jewish authorities as an embodiment of the Decalogue. It will be observed that in general the precepts...
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 YE SHALL NOT SWEAR. — This corresponds with the third commandment of the Decalogue (Exodus 20:7)....
וְ לֹֽא ־תִשָּׁבְע֥וּ בִ שְׁמִ֖י לַ † שָּׁ֑קֶר וְ חִלַּלְתָּ֛ אֶת ־שֵׁ֥ם אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ אֲנִ֥י...
THE LAW OF HOLINESS (CONCLUDED) Leviticus 19:1 WE have in this chapter a series of precepts and prohibitions which from internal evidence appear to have been selected by an inspired redactor of the...
The more positive habits of separation are insisted on by the repetition of laws already given, with one reiterated emphasis, namely, the fact that the God of this people is Jehovah. There was, first,...
_Profane. No greater indignity can be offered to God, than to solicit Him, as it were, to assist us in doing evil, by attesting falsehood. (Philo)_...
All these precepts explain themselves. The argument made use of for the enforcing them is striking; the LORD'S authority. Cursing the deaf, putting a stumbling block in the way of the blind; and the l...
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...
AND YE SHALL NOT SWEAR BY MY NAME FALSELY,.... Or "to a falsehood" x, to any of the above cases; as that a man has not the deposit of another's in his hands, when he has; or that such a man owes him s...
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD. Ver. 12. _Neither shalt thou profane the name._] By presuming rashly and lightly to blurt o...
_Ye shall not swear falsely_ This is added to show how one sin draws on another, and that when men will lie for their own advantage, they will easily be induced to perjury. _Profane the name_ By any u...
1 A repetition of sundry Lawes. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Speake vnto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, and say vnto them, [NOTE: Leviticus 11:44; Leviticus 20:7; 1 Pe...
MANY LAWS GROUPED TOGETHER (VV. 1-37) We have seen at the beginning and end of chapter 18 God's announcement, “I am the Lord your God.” In chapter 19 the expression “I am the Lord” occurs 15 times. B...
YE SHALL NOT SWEAR BY MY NAME FALSELY: this is here added, to show how one sin draws on another, and that when men will lie for their own advantage, they will easily be induced to perjury. NEITHER SHA...
Leviticus 19:12 swear H7650 (H8735) name H8034 falsely H8267 profane H2490 (H8765) name H8034 God H430 LORD H3068 ye shall - Leviticus 6:3; Exodus 20:7; Deuteronomy 5:11; Psalms 15:4;...
THE REQUIREMENT FOR FULL HONESTY TOWARDS ONE'S NEIGHBOUR (LEVITICUS 19:11). Leviticus 19:11 “You (p) shall not steal; neither shall you deal falsely, nor lie one to another.” As well as generosity,...
CONTENTS: Further laws concerning proper relationships. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: God's people being distinguished from all other people by a peculiar relationship with Him through Christ,...
The leading precepts of the law are here repeated to give them new force, and with many additions and illustrations, that they might be better understood. Most of these having already been explained,...
_Ye shall not swear by My name falsely._ FALSE SWEARING All nations have severely punished perjury. The Egyptians with dentil or mutilation; the Greeks with heavy fines and ultimate loss of all civi...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 19:1__ The Lord strongly commands the people (including the priests) to become holy in their practice, as he is holy (v. Leviticus 19:2). They do this by observing _all_ th...
Practical Piety: Religion in all Relationships SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 19:2.—Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say: Nowhere else in the whole of Leviticus does thi...
EXPOSITION From the prohibition of moral uncleanness exhibiting itself in the form of incest and licentiousness, the legislator proceeds to a series of laws and commandments against other kinds of imm...
Now God continues in this same vein, as He moves into chapter nineteen. Speak unto all of the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am ho...
Deuteronomy 5:11; Exodus 20:7; Ezekiel 36:20; James 5:12; Jeremiah 4:2; Jeremiah 7:9; Leviticus 18:21; Leviticus 24:11; Leviticus 24:15;...
Ye shall not swear falsely — This is added, to shew how one sin draws on another, and that when men will lye for their own advantage, they will easily be induced to perjury. Profane the name — By any...