Leviticus 18:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: ”

• Leviticus 18:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The land designed and consecrated for His people by Yahweh Leviticus 25:23 is here impersonated, and represented as vomiting forth its present inhabitants, in consequence of their indulgence in t...

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• Leviticus 18:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Epilogue. These sins mean defilement for those who commit them, whether Canaanites or Israelites, and also for the land itself. Hence the land also must be punished, and will vomit out its inhabita...

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• Leviticus 18:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Ye. In some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Syr, and Vulgate, this "Ye" has no emphasis.

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• Leviticus 18:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  26. Ye shall therefore keep my statutes He here contrasts His Law with the abominations of the Gentiles. The exhibition of His severity, which He had referred to, might indeed have sufficed...

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• Leviticus 18:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:

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• Leviticus 18:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: In all these the nations are defiled ... Ancient history gives many appa...

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• Leviticus 18:26 - 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 18:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Ye shall therefore keep my statutes. — As the perpetration of the above named abominations entailed such disastrous consequences both to the land and to its inhabitants, the strict observance of th...

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• Leviticus 18:26 - 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 18:26 - 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 18:26 - 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 18:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments ,.... Before observed to them, whether of a ceremonial nature, and enjoined them according to his sovereign will and pleasure; or of a moral natu...

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• Leviticus 18:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit [any] of these abominations; [neither] any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: Ver. 26. Ye sh...

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• Leviticus 18:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Nor any stranger In nation or religion, of what kind soever. For though they might not force them to submit to their religion, yet they might restrain them from the public contempt of the Jewish la...

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• Leviticus 18:26 - 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 18:26 - 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 18:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Nor any stranger, in nation or religion, of what kind soever. For though they might not force them to submit to their religion, yet they might restrain them from the public contempt of the Jewish l...

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• Leviticus 18:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Summary Warning Of The Consequences Of Disobedience ( Leviticus 18:24-30 ). Leviticus 18:24 “Do not defile yourselves in any of these things, for in all these the nations are defiled which I c...

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• Leviticus 18:26 - 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 18:26 - 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 18:26 - 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 18:26 - 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 18:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Unnatural Lusts

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• Leviticus 18:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Deuteronomy 12:32 ; Deuteronomy 4:1 ; Deuteronomy 4:2 ; Deuteronomy 4:40 ; John 14:15 ; John 14:21-23 ; John 15:14 ; Leviticus 17:10 ; Leviticus 17:8 ; Leviticus 18:30 ; Leviticus 18:5 ;...

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• Leviticus 18:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Nor any stranger — In nation or religion, of what kind soever. For though they might not force them to submit to their religion, yet they might restrain them from the publick contempt of the Jewish...

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