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Leviticus 20:1 open_in_new
spake. See note on Leviticus 5:14.
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Leviticus 20:2 open_in_new
Again. See Leviticus 18:21. This is so serious that it must be repeated. There, only. command; here, the penalty.
children. Hebrew sons.
Molech. The king-idol. See note on Leviticus 18:21, where this law follows that on incest; while here it precedes it.
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Leviticus 20:3 open_in_new
man. Hebrew. i. h. App-14.
holy. See note on Exodus 3:8.
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Leviticus 20:4 open_in_new
the. that.
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Leviticus 20:5 open_in_new
family. Compare Ezekiel 18:2, and note the contrast. Jeremiah 31:29
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Leviticus 20:6 open_in_new
soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
familiar spirits. See note on Leviticus 19:31.
wizards. See note on Leviticus 19:31.
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Leviticus 20:7 open_in_new
the LORD [Hebrew. Jehovah. your God [Hebrew. Elohim. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint, read. "I am holy, Jehovah your God".
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Leviticus 20:8 open_in_new
the LORDWhich sanctify you. Jehovah Mekad-dishkem, one of the Jehovah titles. See App-4.
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Leviticus 20:9 open_in_new
every one. Hebrew. i sh 'ish. App-14.
blood. Figure of speech Metalepsis, App-6, "bloods", put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct) for guilt, and "guilt" put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for penalty.
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Leviticus 20:11 open_in_new
father's wife. See Leviticus 18:8.
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Leviticus 20:12 open_in_new
daughter in law. See Leviticus 18:15.
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Leviticus 20:13 open_in_new
mankind. Hebrew "male". See Leviticus 18:22.
abomination. See note on Leviticus 18:22.
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Leviticus 20:14 open_in_new
wife and her mother. See Ch. Leviticus 18:17.
wickedness. disgraceful thing. Hebrew. chesed (App-44). Chesed is. Homonym: i.e. another word, spelled the same. It means (1) mercy, grace, goodness (Genesis 24:12. 2Sa 7:15. 1 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 6:14.Job 37:13.Psalms 103:4; Psalms 103:8; Psalms 103:11, &c. But here (2) it is chesed,. disgraceful or reproachful thing. It is so taken here and in Proverbs 14:34.
burnt. burnt up: i.e. in judgment. Hebrew. saraph. App-43.
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Leviticus 20:15 open_in_new
beast. See Leviticus 18:23.
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Leviticus 20:17 open_in_new
sister. See Leviticus 18:9.
sight of their People.. special penalty is attached to this disgraceful thing.
iniquity. perverseness. Hebrew. avon. App-44.
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Leviticus 20:18 open_in_new
sickness. See Leviticus 15:24; Leviticus 18:19.
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Leviticus 20:20 open_in_new
sin. penalty. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause). App-6.
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Leviticus 20:22 open_in_new
spue. Compare Leviticus 18:28, where it is rendered "vomit".
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Leviticus 20:23 open_in_new
manners. statutes. It was this that brought down the judgment of extermination. No other remedy would do. These nations were descended from the nephilim (see App-25), who like those who were destroyed by the Flood, were "after that" (Genesis 6:4) to be destroyed by the sword of Israel.
nation. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "nations" (plural)
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Leviticus 20:25 open_in_new
difference. separation, as in verse Leviticus 20:24. Compare Leviticus 10:10; Leviticus 11:47.
souls. Hebrew, plural of nephesh. App-13.
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Leviticus 20:26 open_in_new
severed. separated, as in verses Leviticus 20:24 and Leviticus 20:25.
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Leviticus 20:27 open_in_new
familiar spirit. See note on Leviticus 19:31.