Leviticus 24:21

_AND HE THAT KILLETH ANY MAN SHALL SURELY BE PUT TO DEATH._ He that killeth any man. These verses contain a repetition of some other laws relating to offences of a social nature, the penalties for which were to be inflicted, not by the hand of private parties, but through the medium of the judges before whom the cause was brought....

10-23 This offender was the son of an Egyptian father, and an Israelitish mother. The notice of his parents shows the common ill effect of mixed marriages. A standing law for the stoning of blasphemers was made upon this occasion. Great stress is laid upon this law. It extends to the strangers among them, as well as to those born in the land. Strangers, as well as native Israelites, should be entitled to the benefit of the law, so as not to suffer wrong; and should be liable to the penalty of this law, in case they did wrong. If those who profane the name of God escape punishment from men, yet the Lord our God will not suffer them to escape his righteous judgments. What enmity against God must be in the heart of man, when blasphemies against God proceed out of his mouth. If he that despised Moses' law, died without mercy, of what punishment will they be worthy, who despise and abuse the...

EXPOSITION The reason why the narrative of the blasphemer's death (Leviticus 24:10-3) is introduced in its present connection, is simply that it took place at the point of time which followed the promulgation of the last law. It serves, however, to vindicate by a memorable example the principle which is at the foundation of every Mosaic law. "I am the Lord" is the often-repeated sanction, whether of a moral law or of a ceremonial regulation. But this bastard Israelite, one of the mixed multitude that had followed in the flight from Egypt (Exodus 12:38), blasphemed the Name of the Lord. If such blasphemy were to go unpunished, the obligation of law was dissolved. For, as Lange has said, "A community which suffers the reviling of the principle of their community without reaction, is mo

AND HE THAT KILLETH A BEAST, HE SHALL RESTORE IT,.... The same as in Leviticus 24:18, which is repeated for the confirmation of it, and that it might be observed, though Jarchi takes it to be a different law; before, he says, it speaks of him that kills a beast, here of him that makes any wound or bruise in it, which he must make good; and it must be allowed that the manner of expression is different; there it is, he that smites the soul of a beast so that it dies, here only he that smites a beast, though it dies not, yet having some damage done it, satisfaction must be made: AND HE THAT KILLETH A MAN, HE SHALL BE PUT TO DEATH; or he that smites a man, though he does not kill him, as Jarchi observes, only makes a wound or bruise in him, because it is not said, the soul of a man, as before; but such damages did not require death, but satisfaction in another way, as in

3. BLASPHEMY AND ISRAEL'S SIN FORESHADOWED CHAPTER 24:10-23 _ 1. The blasphemy (Leviticus 24:10)_ 2. The penalty executed (Leviticus 24:23) The blasphemer who blasphemed the Name and cursed, foreshadows the sin of Israel. They sinned and blasphemed that holy Name: and on account of the rejection of the Lord Jesus Christ, the curse has come upon them. But it will not be permanent. The remnant of Israel will be saved in the future day, when He comes back and they shall welcome Him: “Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord.” The Jews have based upon this incident of the blasphemer the traditional belief that it is sinful to pronounce the Name of Jehovah. For this reason they substitute the word “Adonai.” The twenty-fourth chapter shows in its first par

The Lex Talionis (_cf._ Exodus 21:23; Matthew 5:38). An early and simple form of the assessment and administration of judicial penalties. For Leviticus 24:17, _cf._ Genesis 9:5: in Exodus 21:20, the principle is not yet allowed full scope. Another early system was that of fines (assessed in a sort of tariff) for crimes (_cf._ Anglo-Saxon law and Code of Hammurabi; _cf._ also Exodus 21:18). A middle course is taken in the guilt offering when an extra one-fifth i

Incident of the blasphemer, and laws arising out of that occurrence or suggested by it. This section closely resembles Numbers 15:32-36, which relates the punishment of the man found gathering sticks on the sabbath day. The blasphemer was only half Israelite; according to Deuteronomy 23:8 children of the Edomites and the Egyptians were admitted into the congregation in the third generation, but after the Return alliances with Egyptians and other -strange" nations were prohibited (Ezra 9:10; Nehemiah 13) on the ground that from such mixed marriages harmful results to the Jewish faith might be anticipated....

3. HISTORICAL: THE PUNISHMENT OF A BLASPHEMER 24:10-23 TEXT 24:10-23 10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp: 11 and the son of the Israelitish woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him unto Moses. And his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. 12 And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of Jehovah. 13 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. 16 And he that blasphemeth the name of Jehovah...

OIL FOR THE LAMPS. THE SHEWBREAD. LAWS ON BLASPHEMY 1-4. Oil for the Lamps in the Tabernacle. On the construction of the Lampstand see Exodus 25:31, and with the present passage cp. Exodus 27:20 and notes there. 5-9. The Table of Shewbread is described in Exodus 25:23 (see notes there). On this table, which stood in the Holy Place, twelve new unleavened loaves were laid each sabbath day, and after lying for seven days were removed and eaten by the priests, fresh loaves being again substituted. These loaves, the number of which corresponded to that of the tribes of Israel, are called the 'bread of the Presence,' as being laid before God, or 'bread of the pile' as being arranged in two rows ...

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 in brackets (…). CHAPTER 24 RULES ABOUT GOD’S TABLE AND *BLASPHEMY V1 The *LORD said (this) to Moses. V2 ‘Tell (this) to the *Israelites. “You must bring pure *oil for the lamps (in God’s house). You must press the fruit called olives to make the *oil. Then the lamps will burn all the time (and they will not go out). V3 Aaron must look after (the lamps) from eveni