“ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ”
General Warning against Conformity to Indigenous Practices. The phrase I am Yahweh is characteristic of Ezek. and H, occurring twenty-one times in Leviticus 18-20. If a command is understood as com...
spake. See note on Leviticus 5:14 .
1. And the Lord spoke unto Moses. I have not introduced this declaration amongst other similar ones, which had for their object the preparation of their minds for the reverent reception of th...
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, No JFB commentary on this verse.
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...
XVIII. (1) And the Lord spake unto Moses. — Unlike the preceding Divine communications, which treated of the ritual and ceremonial pollutions, the enactments which Moses is here commanded to com...
THE LAW OF HOLINESS: CHASTITY Leviticus 18:1-30 Chapter S 18, 19, and 20, by a formal introduction Leviticus 18:1-5 and a formal closing, Leviticus 20:22-26 are indicated as a distinct sect...
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 habi...
CONTENTS This Chapter contains cautions against being seduced to the commission of heathenish practices. Particular laws are enjoined against various pollutions, such as unlawful marriages, unlawful...
And the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... He continued speaking to him, after he had delivered to him the laws respecting the day of atonement, and the bringing of the sacrifices to the door of the tabern...
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Ver. 1. And the Lord spake. ] See Trapp on " Lev 7:22 "
It being one special design of God to preserve his people from the lewd and idolatrous customs of other nations, Moses now receives particular orders to prohibit the Israelites from many of those unn...
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)....
Cautions against Idolatrous Practices. B. C. 1490. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, sa...
LEVITICUS CHAPTER 18 Israelites not to live after the customs of the Egyptians or Canaanites, but according to God's institutions, Leviticus 18:1-5 . To abstain from incestuous marriages, Levi...
This Is The Word Of God ( Leviticus 18:1 ). Leviticus 18:1 ‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,' Once more we have the emphasis on the fact that these are God's words to Moses. The ideas are...
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: ungo...
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...
Ye shall do My judgments Safety in the observance of God’s laws This preface of some is taken generally to concern all the laws of God; the observation whereof is ever the sure safety of a sta...
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...
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus 18:1