What does Leviticus 19:29 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Do not prostitutec thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness."
Verse 29. _DO NOT PROSTITUTE THY DAUGHTER_] This was a very frequent custom, and with examples of it writers of antiquity abound. The Cyprian women, according to Justin, gained that portion which thei...
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...
MISCELLANEOUS PRECEPTS, all found elsewhere, except the last. Most of the forbidden actions have some magical significance, _e.g._ cutting the hair in a special fashion, or maiming oneself (originally...
PROSTITUTE THY DAUGHTER. The common practice, as. religious act, by the Canaanite and other ancient forms of idolatry. WICKEDNESS. lewdness. Hebrew. _zimmah._ App-44....
Miscellaneous precepts in reference to the various circumstances of every-day life....
VARIOUS ORDINANCES 19:19-29 TEXT 19:19-29 19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed: neither shall t...
_DO NOT PROSTITUTE THY DAUGHTER, TO CAUSE HER TO BE A WHORE; LEST THE LAND FALL TO WHOREDOM, AND THE LAND BECOME FULL OF WICKEDNESS._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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...
DO NOT PROSTITUTE THY DAUGHTER. — This refers to the degrading worship of Astarte which prevailed in ancient times, and which at times also broke out among the Jews....
אַל ־תְּחַלֵּ֥ל אֶֽת ־בִּתְּךָ֖ לְ הַזְנֹותָ֑הּ וְ לֹא ־תִזְנֶ֣ה הָ אָ֔רֶץ וּ מָלְאָ֥ה הָ...
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,...
Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a (m) whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. (m) As did the Cyprians, and Locrenses....
CHAPTER XIX. _ Strumpet, which was done formerly in the honour of idols. "They gave to Venus the prostitution of their daughters." (St. Augustine, City of God xviii. 5.) "In Cyprus they lead the unma...
These precepts are rather obscure. It is probable, that they refer to the heathenish practices of the idolatrous neighbours around Israel. And if so, they serve to teach, that everything which hath th...
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...
This passage more clearly proves that all unlicensed connections (64) were always unlawful in God’s sight. It is a tame and forced interpretation to apply what is here said to spiritual fornication; a...
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...
DO NOT PROSTITUTE THY DAUGHTER, TO CAUSE HER TO BE A WHORE,.... Not by delaying to marry her, which is the sense the Jews give l, but it refers to a wicked practice among the Phoenicians or Canaanites...
_Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness._ Ver. 29. _Do not prostitute thy daughter._] As some of the heathe...
_Do not prostitute_ As the Gentiles frequently did for the honour of some of their idols, to whom women were consecrated, and publicly prostituted....
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...
PROSTITUTE: _ Heb._ profane...
This the Gentiles frequently did for the honour of some of their idols, to whom divers women were consecrated, and publicly prostituted....
Leviticus 19:29 prostitute H2490 (H8762) daughter H1323 harlot H2181 (H8687) land H776 harlotry H2181 (H8799) land H776 full H4390 (H8804) wickedness H2154 to cause - Leviticus 21:7; Deuteronomy 23:1...
BANS IN RELIGIOUS MATTERS: WARNINGS AGAINST PAGAN PRACTISES (LEVITICUS 19:26). There now follow in the name of Yahweh a number of provisions banning various aspects connected with ‘other-worldly' pra...
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,...
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...
1 Corinthians 6:15; Deuteronomy 23:17; Hosea 4:12; Leviticus 21:7...
Do not prostitute — As the Gentiles frequently did for the honour of some of their idols, to whom women were consecrated, and publickly prostituted....