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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:34

But a stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you ,.... Especially if a proselyte of righteousness; for then he enjoyed the same privileges, civil and religious, the Israelites did, for there was one law for them both, Exodus 12:49 , and thou shalt love him as thyself ; and show it by doing all the good things for him they would have done for themselves in like circumstances: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt : and therefore knew what... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:35

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment ,.... This is repeated from Leviticus 19:15 ; and in order to lead on to some other laws and instructions; though Aben Ezra thinks this is said in connection with the preceding words, and in reference to the stranger, agreeably to Deuteronomy 1:16 ; but Jarchi refers it to what follows concerning weights and measures, and observes, that a measurer is a judge; and if he acts deceitfully, he perverts judgment, and does that which is detestable and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:36

Just balances, just weights ,.... Which were for such sort of things as were bought and sold by weight, and these were to be according to the custom and usage which universally obtained among them, or were fixed and settled by them; they were to be neither lighter nor heavier; they were not to have one sort to buy with, and another to sell with, which was not just, and was an abomination to the Lord, Proverbs 11:1 ; for "weights", it is in the original text "stones", for those were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:37

Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments ,.... Delivered in this and the preceding chapters, and elsewhere, whether ceremonial or judicial, or moral, as there were of each, which had been delivered to them; and which are all comprehended in these two words, "statutes", or ordinances, which were the determinations of his sovereign will, and of mere positive institution; and "judgments", which were such laws as respected their civil or religious conduct, formed... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:26

Neither shall ye use enchantment - תנחשו לא lo thenachashu . Conjecture itself can do little towards a proper explanation of the terms used in this verse. נחש nachash ; See note at Genesis 3:1 ; (note), we translate serpent, and with very little propriety; but though the word may not signify a serpent in that place, it has that signification in others. Possibly, therefore, the superstition here prohibited may be what the Greeks called Ophiomanteia, or divination by serpents. Nor... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:27

Ye shall not round the corners your heads - This and the following verse evidently refer to customs which must have existed among the Egyptians when the Israelites sojourned in Egypt; and what they were it is now difficult, even with any probability, to conjecture. Herodotus observes that the Arabs shave or cut their hair round, in honor of Bacchus, who, they say, had his hair cut in this way, lib. iii., cap. 8. He says also that the Macians, a people of Libya, cut their hair round, so as to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:28

Any cuttings in your flesh for the dead - That the ancients were very violent in their grief, tearing the hair and face, beating the breast, etc., is well known. Virgil represents the sister of Dido "tearing her face with her nails, and beating her breast with her fists." " Unguibus ora soror foedans, et pectora pugnis ." Aen., l. iv., ver. 672. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:29

Do not prostitute thy daughter - This was a very frequent custom, and with examples of it writers of antiquity abound. The Cyprian women, according to Justin, gained that portion which their husbands received with them at marriage by previous public prostitution. And the Phoenicians, according to Augustine, made a gift to Venus of the gain acquired by the public prostitution of their daughters, previously to their marriage. " Veneri donum dabant, et prostitutiones filiarum, antequam... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:31

Regard not them that have familiar spirits - The Hebrew word אבות oboth probably signifies a kind of engastromuthoi or ventriloquists, or such as the Pythoness mentioned Acts 16:16 , Acts 16:18 ; persons who, while under the influence of their demon, became greatly inflated, as the Hebrew word implies, and gave answers in a sort of frenzy. See a case of this kind in Virgil, Aeneid, l. vi., ver. 46, etc.: - " - Deus ecce, Deus! cui talla fanti Ante fores, subito non vultus,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:32

Before the hoary head - See Clarke's note on Genesis 48:12 . read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:37

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:32

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