Leviticus 24:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. ”

Leviticus 24:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lay their hands upon his head - As a protest against the impiety of the criminal, symbolically laying the guilt upon his head. Compare the washing of hands, Deuteronomy 21:6 ; Matthew 27:24 ....
Leviticus 24:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 24:10-16 ; Leviticus 24:23 . The punishment for blasphemy connected, as in Leviticus 10:1-7 and Sabbath breaking, with an actual example. Language and literary manner suggest that the...
Leviticus 24:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

lay their hands upon. Done only in the case of. blasphemer. stone him. Nine persons stoned (see App-10): The blasphemer, Leviticus 24:14 . The sabbath-breaker, Numbers 15:36 . Achan, Joshua 7...
Leviticus 24:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 140 THE BLASPHEMER STONED Leviticus 24:13-15 . And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upo...
Leviticus 24:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. Lay their hands upon his head - It was by this c...
Leviticus 24:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bring forth him that hath cursed, without the camp, &c.— 1st, This was the custom in relation to accursed persons, and such as devoted themselves to destruction. Thus it was that Joshua took A...
Leviticus 24:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. Bring forth him ... without the camp. All...
Leviticus 24:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Oil for the Lamps. The Shewbread. Laws on Blasphemy 1-4. Oil for the Lamps in the Tabernacle. On the construction of the Lampstand see Exodus 25:31-40 , and with the present passage cp. Exodus...
Leviticus 24:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bring forth him that hath cursed. — The sentence which God now passes upon the blasphemer is that he should be conducted from prison outside the camp, where all unclean persons had to abide ( Numbe...
Leviticus 24:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE HOLY LIGHT AND THE SHEW BREAD: THE BLASPHEMER'S END Leviticus 24:1-23 IT is not easy to determine with confidence the association of thought which occasioned the interposition of this chapt...
Leviticus 24:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Light and Bread and the Holy Name Leviticus 24:1-23 The words “Before the Lord” are twice repeated in the opening paragraph. The pure lamplight, emblematic of the influence of a religious life;...
Leviticus 24:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

As this chapter is read, it seems at first to be out of place or out of order. Yet undoubtedly it is not so. The fact that we may not be able clearly to see the connection does not warrant its omissi...
Leviticus 24:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

That all the congregation should engage in the punishment was no doubt meant to convey the idea how dreadful the sin was. And moreover, it tended, under divine grace, to keep others from such daring...
Leviticus 24:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp ,.... To show that he had no part nor lot in Israel, and that he was unworthy to be a member of their civil community, or of their church state; and...
Leviticus 24:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard [him] lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. Ver. 14. And let all that heard him. ] The Je...
Leviticus 24:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lay their hands upon his head Whereby they gave public testimony that they heard this person speak such words, and did in their own and all the people's names demand justice to be executed upon him...
Leviticus 24:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

CONTINUAL LIGHT (vv. 1-4) Here Moses is told to command the children of Israel that they bring pure olive oil for the seven lamps, never allowing the supply of oil to lapse, so that the lamps woul...
Leviticus 24:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Blasphemy of Shelomith's Son; The Punishment of Shelomith's Son. B. C. 1490. 10 An...
Leviticus 24:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By laying their hands upon his head they gave public testimony that they heard this person speak such words, and did in their own and in all the people's names desire and demand justice to be execu...
Leviticus 24:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Blasphemy Against The Name ( Leviticus 24:10-14 ). In the midst of all the ritual instructions in the first part of the book came the practical example as a warning of the sons of Aaron who offere...
Leviticus 24:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sanctuary Light; The Shewbread; Blasphemy Punished SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 24:1-4 .—Cause the lamps to burn continually. There is a Light whose radiance never dims, whose glow never pales—...
Leviticus 24:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 24:2 . Cause the lamps to burn continually. The heathens also had lamps in their temples. In France it is amusing to see a dim light glimmering through the church windows; and truly it i...
Leviticus 24:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Blasphemed the name of the Lord. Blaspheming against God’s holy name “Swearing is a sin that hath more malignancy in it against God, by how much the less is the temptation to it,” says Burrough...
Leviticus 24:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The reason why the narrative of the blasphemer's death ( Leviticus 24:10-3 ) is introduced in its present connection, is simply that it took place at the point of time which followed...
Leviticus 24:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Blasphemer Stoned
Leviticus 24:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 7:58 ; Acts 7:59 ; Deuteronomy 13:10 ; Deuteronomy 13:9 ; Deuteronomy 17:7 ; Deuteronomy 21:21 ; Deuteronomy 22:21 ; John 10:31-33 ; John 8:59 ; Joshua 7:25 ; Leviticus 13:46 ; Levit...
Leviticus 24:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Lay their hands upon his head — Whereby they gave public testimony that they heard this person speak such words, and did in their own and all the peoples names, demand justice to be executed upon h...

Leviticus 24:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Leviticus 24:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 24:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Leviticus 24:14 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Leviticus 24:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Leviticus 24:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 24:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 24:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 24:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Leviticus 24:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Leviticus 24:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Leviticus 24:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 24:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Leviticus 24:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Leviticus 24:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Leviticus 24:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 24:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 24:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Leviticus 24:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 24:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 24:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Leviticus 24:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 24:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Leviticus 24:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Leviticus 24:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Leviticus 24:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 24:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes