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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:18-34

We have the testimony of our Lord ( Matthew 22:9 ) and of the Apostle St. Paul ( Romans 13:9 ; Galatians 5:14 ) that to obey the injunction, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself," is to fulfill all the commandments of the second table of the Law; and for that reason St. James calls it a royal law ( James 2:8 ). Here, therefore, the Levitical Law culminates in its highest point, so far as our duties towards men are concerned. Lest the Jew should confine the idea of thy neighbour... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:19-28

Fidelity to God. In the verses before us we note the injunction— I. THAT THE STATUTES OF THE LORD MUST BE KEPT . These require: 1 . That there be no unnatural mixtures. (a) Cattle which God ordered "after their kind" ( Genesis 1:25 ), are not to be let to gender with diverse kinds. Hybrids are degenerated creatures; they are monsters; and they are withal unfruitful. (b) Mingled seed must not be sown in the field. The plants of both kinds in such a case... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:23-25

The eating of the fruit of young trees by their owners for five years is forbidden, on the principle that such fruit is unclean until it has been sanctified by the offering of a crop as firstfruits to the Lord for the use of the servants of the tabernacle, and a full crop is not to be expected until the fourth year from the time that the trees were planted. The fruit is at first to be counted as uncircumcised , being regarded in a position similar to that of the heathen, that is, unclean,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:23-25

The range of sin and the rule of God. There is much uncertainty as to the intention of the Lord in this prohibition. I regard it as a lesson concerning— I. THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF THE TAINT OF SIN . The Israelites were to regard the very soil of Canaan as so polluted by the sins of its former inhabitants that the fruit which came from it must be treated "as uncircumcised" ( Leviticus 19:23 ). Idolatry and impurity—the two flagrant sins of the Canaanites—are... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 19:24

Leviticus 19:24. Holy Consecrated to the Lord, as the first-fruits and tithes were, and therefore given to the priests and Levites, Numbers 18:12, 13; Deuteronomy 18:4; yet so that part of them were communicated to the poor widows, and fatherless, and strangers, see Deuteronomy 14:28; to bless the Lord, by whose power and goodness the trees bring forth fruit to perfection. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:1-37

Miscellaneous matters (19:1-37)Probably the miscellaneous laws collected here were decisions or warnings given by Moses in cases where there was some doubt about what was right or wrong. Often all that was needed was a reminder of existing laws; for example, those concerning respect for parents, Sabbath-keeping, worship of idols and eating of sacrificial food (19:1-8).When harvesting, farmers were always to leave something for the poor (9-10). Employers had to pay wages promptly, and judges had... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 19:24

holy to praise. Hebrew "holiness of praises". "Praises" in plural. Figure of speech. Heterosis (of Number), App-6 , for emphasis, and noun, "holiness", put for adjective by figure of speech Antimereia (of Noun), App-6 , for emphasis = "for a sacred and great praise unto Jehovah". read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 19:24

Leviticus 19:24. Holy, to praise the Lord withal— Houbigant has it, the fruit shall be holy, and consecrated to the Lord. See Deuteronomy 12:18. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 19:1-37

3. Holiness of behavior toward God and man ch. 19Moses grouped the commandments in this section together by a loose association of ideas rather than by a strictly logical arrangement. They all spring from the central thought in Leviticus 19:2: "You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy." This sentence is the motto of Leviticus (cf. Leviticus 11:44-45; Leviticus 20:26; Matthew 5:48; 1 Peter 1:16)."Every biblical statement about God carries with it an implied demand upon men to imitate... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 19:19-32

The opening words of this section indicate a change of subject. God called on His people to honor the order of nature by not mixing things that God had separated in creation (Leviticus 19:19)."Most of the ancient Near Easterners believed that all things that came into being were born into being. This was a major tenet of their belief system. They believed that not only animals were born, but also plants. (This is the reason that they ’sowed their field with two kind of seed,’ i.e., male and... read more

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