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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 20:10-21

Sins against the seventh commandment are here ordered to be severely punished. These are sins which, of all others, fools are most apt to make a mock at; but God would teach those the heinousness of the guilt by the extremity of the punishment that would not otherwise be taught it. I. Lying with another man's wife was made a capital crime. The adulterer and the adulteress that had joined in the sin must fall alike under the sentence: they shall both be put to death, Lev. 20:10. Long before... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:10

And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife ,.... Which is a breach of the seventh command, Exodus 20:14 , even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife : which is only an explanation of the former clause; though the Jewish writers, as Jarchi and Ben Gersom, say this is so expressed to except the wife of a stranger, or a Gentile; but it means whether a Gentile or an Israelite; and which may be confirmed by the instance of Phinehas slaying a prince of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:11

And the man that lieth with his father's wife ,.... Whether she be his mother, or another woman, as the Targum of Jonathan; that is, whether she is his own mother, or a stepmother, or whether he did this in the lifetime of his father, or after his death, or whether she was betrothed or married, it mattered not; according to the Jewish tradition F4 Misn. ut supra, (Sanhedrin, c. 7.) sect. 4. , this is a breach of the law, Leviticus 18:8 ; and a man guilty of this hath uncovered his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:12

If a man lie with his daughter in law ,.... His son's wife, whether in the lifetime of his son, or after his death, or whether she was espoused or married, according to the above tradition F6 Misn. ut supra. (Sanhedrin, c. 7. sect. 4.) : both of them shall surely be put to death ; it being a breach of the law in Leviticus 18:15 ; and this is the penalty annexed to it, even death: they have wrought confusion : have been guilty of a shocking and shameful mixture, as Jarchi and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 20:10

Committeth adultery - To what has been said in the note on See Exodus 20:14 ; (note), we may add, that the word adultery comes from the Latin adulterium , which is compounded of ad , to or with, and alter , another, or, according to Minshieu, of ad alterius forum , he that approaches to another man's bed. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 20:12

They have wrought confusion - See Leviticus 18, and especially the note on Leviticus 18:6 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 20:11

Verse 11 Nothing new occurs here, for the object of Moses was, by the enactment of penalties, to sanction the instruction lately given. By previously condemning incestuous marriages, he would cite the Israelites before God, in order that their consciences might abhor the crime, although he gave them nothing to fear from earthly judges; whereas now he alarms them by the dread of punishment, in case any should indulge themselves with too great security. He does not chastise the incestuous with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 20:1-21

The difference between the religious and the secular law is more marked in modern nations than in the Hebrew commonwealth; the primary object of the first being to forbid and prevent sin; of the second, to protect life and property. The distinction is shown by the separation of the eighteenth and the twentieth chapters; but as in the Mosaic legislation both the law which denounces sin and the law which pronounces penalties for crime proceeded from God, it was not necessary that the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 20:1-27

The first of these penalties, burning with fire, does not mean that those on whom it was inflicted were burnt alive, but that their dead bodies were burnt after they had been stoned to death, as in the case of Achan ( Joshua 7:25 ). It is the punishment for taking a mother and daughter together into the same harem ( Leviticus 18:14 ). Stoning with stones is appointed for crimes which are at once offenses against religion and morals, viz. giving of his seed to Molech ( Leviticus... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 20:1-27

Sin unto death. The offenses described in this chapter were mentioned before. Such is our obtuseness that we need "line upon line." Adorable is that goodness of God which takes such pains with us. We have here— I. PRESUMPTUOUS SINS AND THEIR PENALTY . 1 . Parents giving their seed to Moloch. 2 . Persons having dealings with necromancy. 3 . Children who curse their parents. 4 . Excesses in uncleanness. II. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF WITNESSES . ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 20:10-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 20:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 20:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 20:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 20:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 20:1-27

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 20:1-27

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