Leviticus 24:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death. ”

Leviticus 24:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Lex Talionis ( cf. Exodus 21:23 ; Matthew 5:38 ). An early and simple form of the assessment and administration of judicial penalties. For Leviticus 24:17 , cf. Genesis 9:5 : in Exodus 21...
Leviticus 24:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
Leviticus 24:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. He that killeth any man. These verses contain a repetition of some other laws relating to offences of a social nature, the penalties...
Leviticus 24:21 - 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 24:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And he that killeth a beast. — This verse contains a repetition of the laws enacted in Leviticus 24:17-18 .
Leviticus 24:21 - 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 24:21 - 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 24:21 - 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 24:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Upon the occasion of this man's transgression, opportunity is taken to repeat some of those laws which had been before delivered. And the punishment of Shelomith's son is related. Reader, do not clos...
Leviticus 24:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it ,.... The same as in Leviticus 24:18 , which is repeated for the confirmation of it, and that it might be observed, though Jarchi takes it to be a d...
Leviticus 24:21 - 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 24:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Blasphemy of Shelomith's Son; The Punishment of Shelomith's Son. B. C. 1490. 10 An...
Leviticus 24:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Leviticus 24:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Instructions Arising From The Incident ( Leviticus 24:15-23 ). The incident, and the execution, followed by these instructions, are intended to bring out the sacredness of life and the awfulness o...
Leviticus 24:21 - 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 24:21 - 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 24:21 - 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 24:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Blasphemer Stoned
Leviticus 24:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 21:33 ; Leviticus 24:17 ; Leviticus 24:18

Leviticus 24:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 24:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Leviticus 24:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 24:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 24:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Leviticus 24:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Leviticus 24:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Leviticus 24:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 24:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Leviticus 24:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Leviticus 24:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 24:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Leviticus 24:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 24:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 24:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Leviticus 24:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 24:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Leviticus 24:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Leviticus 24:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge