“ And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you. ”
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...
the LORDWhich sanctify you . Jehovah Mekad-dishkem, one of the Jehovah titles. See App-4.
And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. Sanctify yourselves ... and be ye holy. The minute specification of the incestuous and unnatural crimes here enumera...
(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...
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy. — Rather, Ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy, as the same phrase is rendered in the Authorised Version in Leviticus 11:44...
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,...
The LORD'S people must be a distinguished people, 1 Peter 1:16 .
SANCTIFICATION HUMAN AND DIVINE ‘Sanctify yourselves.’ … ‘I am the Lord which sanctify you.’ Leviticus 20:7-8 I. Sanctification is God’s aim for us all. —‘God called us, not for uncleanness...
And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them ,.... Not only those respecting the above things, but all others, which would be a means of preserving them from sin, and of promoting holiness in their li...
And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I [am] the LORD which sanctify you. Ver. 8. I am the Lord which sanctify you. ] Ut acti agatis, that ye may trade with your talents, sanctify the Lord...
Who sanctify you Who separate you from all nations, and from their impurities and idolatries, to be a peculiar people to myself; and who give you my grace to keep my statutes.
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...
i.e. Who separated you from all nations, and from their impurities and idolatries, to be a peculiar people to myself, and therefore I will not suffer you to follow their examples. Or, who really sanc...
Israel Are To Be Sanctified And Obedient ( Leviticus 20:7-8 ). Israel are to sanctify themselves to being holy ( Leviticus 20:7 ) and must be obedient because Yahweh is santifying them ( Leviticus...
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...
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...
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...
For Sins Against the Sixth, Second, and Fourth Commandments
1 Corinthians 1:30 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:23 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:13 ; Exodus 31:13 ; Ezekiel 20:12 ; Ezekiel 37:28 ; James 1:22 ; John 13:17 ; Leviticus 18:4 ; Leviticus 18:5 ; Leviticus 19:3...
Who sanctify you — Who separate you from all nations, and from their impurities and idolatries, to be a peculiar people to myself; and who give you my grace to keep my statutes.