Leviticus 19:26

observe times: i.e. watch clouds, or days, for good or ill luck, e.g. not commencing. journey on. Friday. See note on Leviticus 19:31 below.

Related Commentaries of Leviticus 19:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Certain pagan customs, several of them connected with magic, are here grouped together. The prohibition to eat anything with the blood may indeed r...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ye shall not eat [any thing] with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor (i) observe times. (i) To measure lucky or unlucky days.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Miscellaneous Precepts, all found elsewhere, except the last. Most of the forbidden actions have some magical significance, e.g. cutting the hair...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. Neither shall ye use enchantment - לא תנחשו lo then...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Nor observe times— This should certainly be read, nor augur or divine by clouds; which is well known to have been a general practice among the...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood, х...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Various Laws, mainly of a Moral and Humane Character This chapter was very naturally regarded by Jewish authorities as an embodiment of the Decalo...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Use enchantment ] charms or incantations. Observe times] RV 'practise augury,' perhaps by watching the clouds or the flight of birds: see on Deut...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood. — According to the administrators of the law during the second Temple, there are no less than five diffe...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE LAW OF HOLINESS (CONCLUDED) Leviticus 19:1-37 WE have in this chapter a series of precepts and prohibitions which from internal evidence ap...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The more positive habits of separation are insisted on by the repetition of laws already given, with one reiterated emphasis, namely, the fact that t...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These precepts are rather obscure. It is probable, that they refer to the heathenish practices of the idolatrous neighbours around Israel. And if so,...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ye shall not eat [anything] with the blood ,.... Or upon, over, or by the blood s, for this law seems different from that in Genesis 9:4 , and from...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ye shall not eat [any thing] with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. Ver. 26. Neither shall ye use enchantment. ] Or,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Any thing with the blood Any flesh out of which the blood is not first poured. Neither shall ye use enchantments It was unpardonable in them, to...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

MANY LAWS GROUPED TOGETHER (vv. 1-37) We have seen at the beginning and end of chapter 18 God's announcement, “I am the Lord your God.” In chapter...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neith...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

With the blood, i. e. any flesh out of which the blood is not first poured. See 1 Samuel 14:32 . The Jews write, that the Egyptians and other na...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Bans In Religious Matters: Warnings Against Pagan Practises ( Leviticus 19:26-29 ). There now follow in the name of Yahweh a number of provisions...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Practical Piety: Religion in all Relationships SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 19:2 .—Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, a...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The leading precepts of the law are here repeated to give them new force, and with many additions and illustrations, that they might be better unders...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION From the prohibition of moral uncleanness exhibiting itself in the form of incest and licentiousness, the legislator proceeds to a se...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 15:23 ; 2 Chronicles 33:6 ; 2 Kings 17:17 ; 2 Kings 21:6 ; Daniel 2:10 ; Deuteronomy 12:23 ; Deuteronomy 18:10-14 ; Exodus 7:11 ; E...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Any thing with the blood — Any flesh out of which the blood is poured. Neither shall ye use enchantments — It was unpardonable in them, to whom wer...

²⁶ Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.

Related Commentaries of Leviticus 19:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Leviticus 19:26