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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:29-37

The fear of God. Of this excellent things are spoken by Solomon. It is the "beginning of knowledge," "hatred to evil," "strong confidence," a "fountain of life," "prolongs days," and "gives riches and honour." So here— I. IT IS A SOURCE OF PURITY . 1 . To the family. 2 . To the nation. "Lest the land," etc. ( Leviticus 19:29 ). II. IT ARMS AGAINST THE POWER OF DEVILS . 1 . Familiar spirits are more than myths. 2 . The fear of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:35-36

These verses, beginning with the same words as Leviticus 19:15 , Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment , contain another and wider application of that principle. Leviticus 19:15 prohibited unrighteousness in the judge, or in one who was in the position of a judge; these verses forbid it in merchants and tradesmen. It is the more necessary to condemn dishonesty, in unmistakable terms, as men who make a profession of religion, and therefore would be shocked at stealing, have often ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 19:35-36

The ephah is here taken as the standard of dry measure, and the bin (see Exodus 29:40 note) as the standard of liquid measure. Of the two very different estimates of the capacities of these measures, the more probable is that the ephah did not hold quite four gallons and a half, and the hin not quite six pints. The log was a twelfth part of the hin Leviticus 14:10.Leviticus 19:36I am the Lord your God ... - A full stop should precede these words. They intraduce the formal conclusion to the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 19:35

Leviticus 19:35. In mete-yard In the measuring of lands, or dry things, as cloth, riband. In measure In the measuring liquid or such dry things as are only contiguous, as corn or wine. 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 19:35

meteyard = measures of length or dimension. Weight = measures of weight. Measure = measures of capacity. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Leviticus 19:35

"Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt."g. Just weights, measures, etc.In Leviticus 19:34 the love of neighbor is shown to include love of alien strangers also.Leviticus 19:35 and Leviticus 19:36 required the use of honest weights, measures, etc. The device of cheating customers by using different... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 19:35

Leviticus 19:35. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, &c.— i.e. "Ye shall conduct yourselves through life, and especially in all your commerce and dealings, by the strictest rules of exact justice." It is to be observed, that, to prevent all fraud in weights and measures, the standard of them was kept in the sanctuary: compare Exo 30:13 with 1 Chronicles 23:29. The word rendered weights, is stones in the margin of our English Bibles, because stones were used as well for weights as... 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 19:19-37

Statutes and judgments 19:19-37"This section is introduced with the admonition ’You shall keep my statutes’ (Leviticus 19:19 a) and concludes with a similar admonition, ’You shall keep all my statutes and all my judgments’ (Leviticus 19:37 a), and the statement ’I am the LORD’ (Leviticus 19:37 b). Like the preceding section of laws, it consists of a list of twenty-one (3x7) laws. These laws also are broken up into smaller units by a sevenfold repetition of the phrase ’I am the LORD (your God)’... read more

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