“ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ”
The crimes which are condemned in Leviticus 18 ; Leviticus 19 on purely spiritual ground, have here special punishments allotted to them as offences against the well-being of the nation.
Worship of Molech, etc. Offering children to Molech (see Leviticus 18:21 *) is to be punished by stoning; such a death emphasizes the repudiation by the whole community and involves everyone in t...
spake. See note on Leviticus 5:14 .
1. And the Lord spake. The prohibition of this superstition was previously expounded in its proper place. God here commands the punishment to be inflicted, if any one should have polluted hi...
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the Lord spake, &c.— In ch. Leviticus 18:21 this dedication of children to Molech, is forbidden in more general terms. It is there said, thou shalt not let any of thy offspring pass thro...
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, No JFB commentary on this verse.
(Chs. 17-26) The Law of Holiness This section of Leviticus occupies a position by itself, being distinguished from the rest of the book both by style and contents. A few only of its main character...
XX. (1) And the Lord spake unto Moses. — It is difficult to account for the position of this chapter. Naturally we should expect it to follow Leviticus 18 . If Leviticus 20 contains the penal...
PENAL SANCTIONS Leviticus 20:1-27 In no age or community has it been found sufficient, to secure obedience, that one should appeal to the conscience of men, or depend, as a sufficient motive, u...
Once more we have a repetition of laws already enunciated with the same persistent thought of responsibility. In this section we find the death sentence associated with certain forms of disobedience,...
CONTENTS This Chapter is a continuation of the former, in a repetition of certain laws, with the addition of the threatened punishment to the breaches of them; and concluding with a more comprehensi...
And the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... After he had delivered the above laws to him in the preceding chapter, he added penalties, to many of them, or declared what punishment should be inflicted on the...
PENALTIES FOR SIN GODWARD (vv. 1-8) Chapter 19 has given many laws forbidding sin; now chapter 20 shows that law, when it is broken, demands certain penalties. These penalties were to be executed...
Moral Laws. B. C. 1490. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Again, thou shalt...
LEVITICUS CHAPTER 20 Israelites must not offer their children to Molech on pain of death, Leviticus 20:1-3 ; which if not inflicted by the magistrate, shall be by God himself, Leviticus 20:4,5...
Leviticus 20:1 ‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,' It is again stressed that these are God's word, given to Moses. They possibly indicate another separate revelation.
Social and Moral Crimes SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 20:2 .—Again thou shalt say to the children of Israel. These denunclations of sin (already denounced in ch. 18.) are to be repeated in the...
Leviticus 20:2 . Molech. See on Leviticus 18:21 . Leviticus 20:3 . I will cut him off. Ahaz gave his son to Molech, and the Lord afflicted his reign with miseries. Leviticus 20:7 . Sanctif...
EXPOSITION The subject of Leviticus 18:1-3 , is resumed in this chapter; but that which was before considered as sin only is now regarded as crime, and penalties are attached according to the h...
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus 20:1