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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 24:11

In the course of the straggle the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed . The word nakav is here rightly translated blasphemeth (cf. Leviticus 24:14 , Leviticus 24:16 , Leviticus 24:23 ), but the words of the Lord should be omitted, as they are not found in the original, and are not required. The LXX . have rendered nakav by a word meaning pronounced, and on this misunderstanding, adopted by the Jews, has been founded the Jewish precept... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 24:10

Leviticus 24:10. Whose father was an Egyptian This circumstance seems noted, partly to show the danger of marriages with persons of wicked principles, and partly by this severity against him who was a stranger by the father, and an Israelite by the mother, to show that God would not have this sin go unpunished among his people, whatsoever he was that committed it. Went out Out of Egypt, being one of that mixed multitude which came out with the Israelites, Exodus 12:32. It is probable this... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 24:11

Leviticus 24:11. The name of the Lord The words of the Lord, or of Jehovah, are supplied out of Leviticus 24:16, where they are expressed; here they are omitted, perhaps for the aggravation of his crime. He blasphemed the name So called by way of eminence; that name which is above every name; that name which a man should in some sort tremble to mention; which is not to be named without cause, or without reverence. And cursed Not the Israelite only, but his God also, as appears... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 24:1-23

Reverence for God (24:1-23)Further instructions are given to remind the Israelites of their daily and weekly responsibilities in relation to the Holy Place. To begin with the people had to supply the oil so that the priests could keep the lamp burning continually (24:1-4). The priests also had to make sure that twelve cakes of ‘presence bread’, renewed weekly, were on the table before the Lord continually. This was possibly to symbolize that the nation Israel, which consisted of twelve tribes,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 24:10

a man of Israel. Hebrew a man (' i s h , App-14 .) an Israelite. Jewish tradition says he was a Danite. strove together. Compare Exodus 2:13 . The Chaldee version says the semi-Egyptian strove to encamp in the tribe of Dan. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 24:11

blasphemed, &c. Compare Genesis 4:24 . Hence the use of "the name" instead of "Jehovah". the name , or supply Ellipsis ( App-6 . a) from Leviticus 24:16 . Dan, another sad blot on this tribe. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Leviticus 24:10

"And the sons of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp: and the son of the Israelitish woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him unto Moses. And his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of Jehovah.""Went out among the children of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 24:10-11

Leviticus 24:10-11. The son of an Israelitish woman, &c.— Saurin observes, that this person was the son of one of those AEygptians, concerning whom Moses tells us, that a great number of them went out with the Israelites from the land of Egypt. Exodus 12:38. This man, who had married a woman of the tribe of Dan, named Shelomith, was, doubtless, a proselyte. He had taught his son the inclination towards a crime, which, if we may give credit to Porphyry, was very common among the Egyptians,... read more

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