Leviticus 19:36

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 19:36

Leviticus 19:36. A just ephah and a just hin These two measures are named as most common, the former for dry, the latter for moist things, but under them he manifestly comprehends all other measures. 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 19:36

Just balances = Hebrew balances of justice. Genitive of character. So with the other measures in this verse. Compare Deuteronomy 25:13-16 . Proverbs 11:1 ; Proverbs 16:11 ; Proverbs 20:10 , Proverbs 20:23 . 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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 19:33-37

This list concludes with commands to practice honesty in judicial matters. Leviticus 19:37 is a summary exhortation.Since the church contains people of every nation it is no longer necessary for Christians to observe the laws that typified Israel’s uniqueness among the other nations. Nevertheless God still calls Christians to imitate Himself (cf. Matthew 5:48; 1 Corinthians 11:1), to "be holy, for I am holy" (1 Peter 1:16). Application of the imperatives in this chapter is different for... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:1-37

Various Laws, mainly of a Moral and Humane CharacterThis chapter was very naturally regarded by Jewish authorities as an embodiment of the Decalogue. It will be observed that in general the precepts in Leviticus 19:3-8 correspond to those of the first table of the Decalogue (’Thou shalt love the Lord thy God’), and those in Leviticus 19:9-18 to the second table (’Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself’). In this chapter alone the characteristic phrase ’I am the Lord’ (i.e. Jehovah) occurs no... read more

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