Leviticus 18:21 Commentary, explanation, 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. ”

• Leviticus 18:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Molech - See the note at Leviticus 20:2-5 .

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• Leviticus 18:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  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 bu...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 1...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  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 i...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  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 im...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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. Pass through the fire to Molech - The name of this idol is m...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 M...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  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...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 expres...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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)....

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• Leviticus 18:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Laws against Iniquity. B. C. 1490.       19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to unc...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  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 b...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Other Forbidden Sexual Relations ( Leviticus 18:19-23 ). Leviticus 18:19 “And you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.” Sexual re...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - Scofield Reference Notes

  Molech Called Moloch. ( Acts 7:43 ).

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• Leviticus 18:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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 s...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  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 ; Ezekiel 20:31 ; Ezekiel 23:37 ; Ezekiel 36:20-...

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• Leviticus 18:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  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 Mil...

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