Leviticus 20:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. ”

• Leviticus 20:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it [is] an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's (h) nakedness; they shall be childless. (h) Read ( Leviticus 18:16 ).

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• Leviticus 20:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Penalties for Sexual Sins generally death, the manner being unspecified. Adultery, incest, sodomy head the list; the special case of Leviticus 20:14 (contrast Amos 2:7 ) is followed by the burni...

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• Leviticus 20:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

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• Leviticus 20:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  If a man take his brother's wife— Except that brother die childless. Compare Genesis 38:8 . Deuteronomy 25:5-6 . REFLECTIONS.— Nothing needs severer restraints than the lusts which naturally r...

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• Leviticus 20:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• Leviticus 20:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  (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...

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• Leviticus 20:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  His brother’s wife. — See Leviticus 18:16 .

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• Leviticus 20:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Leviticus 20:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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,...

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• Leviticus 20:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Let the Reader remark with me, in the perusal of these verses, the grounds on which the LORD enjoins sanctity of life and manners, and the very strong motives in which it is founded, namely, that the...

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• Leviticus 20:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And if a man shall take his brother's wife ,.... To his wife, whether in his life, as the Targum of Jonathan adds, or whether after his death, unless when there is no issue, then he was obliged to i...

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• Leviticus 20:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it [is] an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. Ver. 21. They shall be childless. ] Either barren or beref...

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• Leviticus 20:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  His brother's wife Except in the case allowed by God, Deuteronomy 25:5 .

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• Leviticus 20:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Leviticus 20:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death....

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• Leviticus 20:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Except in the case allowed by God, Deuteronomy 25:5 . An unclean thing; an abominable thing, like the uncleanness of a menstruous woman, which is oft expressed by this word: Heb. a separation o...

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• Leviticus 20:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Lesser Penalties ( Leviticus 20:19-21 ). Three examples are now given of slightly lesser crimes, still forbidden but not punishable with death. Leviticus 20:19 “And you shall not uncover the...

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• Leviticus 20:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Leviticus 20:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Leviticus 20:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

  He shall surely be put to death. Penal sanctions This chapter, directly or indirectly, casts no little light on some most fundamental and practical questions regarding the administration of jus...

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• Leviticus 20:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Leviticus 20:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  For Unlawful Marriages

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• Leviticus 20:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Leviticus 18:16 ; Matthew 14:3 ; Matthew 14:4

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• Leviticus 20:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  His brother's wife — Except in the case allowed by God, Deuteronomy 25:5 .

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