Leviticus 19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:5

And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord ,.... Which were of three sorts, a thanksgiving, a vow, and a voluntary offering, Leviticus 7:11 ; the latter seems to be here meant, as appears by what follows: ye shall offer it at your own will ; a voluntary freewill offering, of their own accord, and not by force, as Aben Ezra; and in such offerings they were left to their liberty to offer what they pleased, it might be of the flock, or of the herd, a male or a female, ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:6

It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow ,.... The meaning is, that if it could be, it was best to eat it all up the same day it was offered, but if not, the remainder was to be eaten on the morrow, but by no means to be kept any longer; this shows that that sort of peace offering is intended, which was either a vow or a voluntary offering, Leviticus 7:16 ; and the Jews gather from hence, that sacrifices were to be slain in the day, and not in the night F9 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:7

And if it be eaten at all on the third day ,.... Or "in eating be eaten" F11 האכל יאכל "comedendo, comedetur", Drusius. any of it be eaten, the least bit of it: it is abominable ; it is as any common thing, as if it was no sacrifice; yea, as if it was corrupt and putrefied flesh; nay, as what is abominable to God: and therefore it follows: it shall not be accepted ; of the Lord, but rejected, his will not being attended to. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:8

Therefore everyone that eateth it shall bear his iniquity ,.... Be chargeable with sin, be pronounced guilty, and endure the punishment, which is cutting off, Leviticus 7:20 , because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord ; the flesh of the peace offerings, by keeping it longer than the fixed time for it, when it was liable to corruption and putrefaction; for after the inwards and the fat of them were offered, as Aben Ezra says, the flesh was holy, and to be eaten as an... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:9

And when ye reap the harvest of your land ,.... Of the land of Canaan, when come into it, which having sown, and it was harvest, either barley harvest or wheat harvest, or both, and especially the latter, to which reaping seems best to agree: thou shall not wholly reap the corner of the field ; but a part was to be left for the poor. This follows upon the peace offerings: and, as Aben Ezra observes, as the fat of them was to be given to God, so somewhat of the harvest was to be given for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:10

And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard ,.... Or cut off the little clusters which are, as Aben Ezra observes, like an infant, as the word signifies, infant clusters, which were small in comparison of the large ones, as infants are to men; those which had but a grape or two, or very few upon them, were not to be cut off, but left for the poor: and Gersom says, if the whole vine consisted of such clusters, it all belonged to the poor: neither shall thou gather every grape of thy vineyard ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:11

Ye shall not steal ,.... Which is the eighth command; See Gill on Exodus 20:15 ; though Jarchi thinks something different from that law is here intended; that this is a caution against stealing of money, that in the decalogue against stealing of souls, or men. And it may be observed, that one is expressed in the singular number, the other in the plural, as here, and takes in more; not the actual thief only, but he that sees and is silent, who, as Aben Ezra observes, is even as the thief;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:12

And ye shall not swear by my name falsely ,.... Or "to a falsehood" F24 לשקר "ad fallaciam ullam", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; so Ainsworth. , to any of the above cases; as that a man has not the deposit of another's in his hands, when he has; or that such a man owes him so much money, when he does not, or any other false thing. Stealing, dealing falsely, lying, and false swearing, are mentioned together, as following one another, and as tending to lead on, the one to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:13

Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him ,.... Not defraud him secretly, nor rob him openly and by force, as Aben Ezra; not defraud him in buying and selling, in retaining wages due to him, and refusing to return to him what has been committed to trust, or to repay him what has been borrowed of him: the Vulgate Latin is, "thou shall not calumniate him ", or get anything from him, by raising a calumny upon him; nor rob him by coming into his house, or entering into his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:14

Thou shalt not curse the deaf ,.... Who are naturally so, born deaf, or become so through some accident, and cannot hear what is objected to them, and they are cursed for; and so cannot reply in their own defence, and remove the calumny cast upon them, if it be such which is the cause of their being cursed; and therefore there is something mean and base as well as wicked in cursing such: the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan render it, "him that heareth not", and respects any absent person who... read more

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