Leviticus 24:20

Deuteronomy 19:21; Exodus 21:23-25; Matthew 5:38

Related Commentaries of Leviticus 24:20

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 Le...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again . Breach for breach - This i...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Breach for breach, &c.— These words fully prove that we are to take those in Exodus 21:24 in a literal sense. We are not to imagine that indi...
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 relat...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And if a man cause a blemish. — See Exodus 21:24-25 .
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 though...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE PENALTY OF BLASPHEMY Leviticus 24:10-23 "And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of...
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...
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...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth ,.... Which is not to be taken strictly or literally, but for the price or value of those, which is...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Blasphemy of Shelomith's Son; The Punishment of Shelomith's Son. B. C. 1490....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
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 br...
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...
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 gli...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Blasphemer Stoned
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again, for the law of restitution d...

²⁰ Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

Related Commentaries of Leviticus 24:20

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

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Leviticus 24:20