利未记 24:13-16 Rcuvss
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-23
Shelomith's son. Here a narrative is introduced into the midst of a code of laws; but this is done as a preamble to enactments of whose publication the case was the occasion. We notice— I. THE CRIME OF THIS SON OF SHELOMITH . 1 . It was blaspheming the God of Israel. 2 . Strife was its occasion. 3 . Race was the origin of the strife. II. THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE BLASPHEMER . 1 . His witnesses arrested him. 2 . They kept him in ward... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-23
A suggestive episode. We have an affecting illustration in these verses of the truth that "The Law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient,… for unholy and profane" ( 1 Timothy 1:9 ). The announcement of the Law is broken by the account of this transgression, and the transgression itself gives occasion for the enactment of other statutes ( Leviticus 24:15-22 ). The story and the statutes suggest— I. WHAT LASTING EVIL MAY ACCRUE FROM AN ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-23
The law of death. Blasphemy, murder, willful injury, whether by Israelite or stranger, judged and punished on the principle of compensation without mercy (cf. Isaiah 12:1-6 ; Romans 11:1-36 ). I. Here is the evil of a fallen nature and an apostate people set forth (see Romans 1:1-32 , Romans 2:1-29 ). "All have sinned." Israel itself is defiled. II. The contrast suggested between the law of death and the law of life (cf. Sermon on the Mount and Romans 7:1-25 , Romans... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:13-14
Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; —lest the camp should become polluted by his death— and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head. The ceremony of laying on of hands in all cases set apart the person or thing on whom or on which they were laid for some special purpose. Its further signification was determined by the particular circumstances of the case. Here it probably returned back on the head of the blasphemer the guilt which otherwise would have adhered to... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:15-16
In accordance with the judicial decision on the man is framed the general law against blasphemy and its penalty. It runs as follows: Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him. It has been questioned whether two offenses or one are here contemplated, whether cursing his God is one offense, bearing his sin being its punishment, and blaspheming the Name of... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 24:14
Lay their hands upon his head - As a protest against the impiety of the criminal, symbolically laying the guilt upon his head. Compare the washing of hands, Deuteronomy 21:6; Matthew 27:24.Let all the congregation stone him - See Leviticus 20:2 note. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 24:16
Stranger - i. e. foreigner. See Leviticus 16:29 note. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 24:14
Leviticus 24:14. Lay their hands upon his head Whereby they gave public testimony that they heard this person speak such words, and did in their own and all the people’s names demand justice to be executed upon him, that by this sacrifice God might be appeased, and his judgments turned away from the people, upon whom they would certainly fall if he were unpunished. Stone him The same punishment which was before appointed for those who cursed their parents. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-16
The crime of blasphemy. cf. 2 Chronicles 26:10-23 ; Daniel 5:1-4 , Daniel 5:30 . The sanctity of the Name of God is distinctly declared in the third commandment. There the Lord declared that he would not hold the blasphemer "guiltless." But it was not till the incident now before us that God showed his sense of the enormity of the crime. He here puts it into the category of capital crimes, and decrees the death of every blasphemer, whether he be a stranger or one born in the land. ... read more