Leviticus 20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:6

The soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits ,.... The man or woman that has respect unto them, seeks after them, and inquires of them, in order to get knowledge of things: and after wizards who pretend to tell fortunes, and discover lost and stolen goods; see Gill on Leviticus 19:31 , to go a whoring after them ; for to consult them is to forsake the Lord, and have recourse to Satan and his instruments; to relinquish their trust in God, and put confidence in them, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:7

Sanctify yourselves therefore ,.... By abstaining from such impious and idolatrous practices, and separating themselves from all that gave into them, as well as by observing the holy commandments of the Lord; otherwise internal sanctification is not the work of man, but of the Lord himself, as in Leviticus 20:8 , and be ye holy ; or a separate people from all others in worship and conversation: for I am the Lord your God ; who is a holy God, and therefore it became them to be... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:8

And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them ,.... Not only those respecting the above things, but all others, which would be a means of preserving them from sin, and of promoting holiness in their lives and conversations: I am the Lord which sanctify you : who had separated and distinguished them from all other people on earth, and who had given them holy laws, as the means of holiness; and who only could and did sanctify internally, by his Spirit and grace, such or them as were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:9

For everyone that curseth his father or his mother ,.... Here begins the account of the penalties annexed to the several laws in the preceding chapter; and that respecting the fear and honour of parents being the first, Leviticus 19:3 , is here begun with: shall surely be put to death ; the Targum of Jonathan adds,"by casting of stones,'stoning being the punishment of such transgressors: he hath cursed his father or his mother : to do either is his sin, and a capital crime it is: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:10

And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife ,.... Which is a breach of the seventh command, Exodus 20:14 , even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife : which is only an explanation of the former clause; though the Jewish writers, as Jarchi and Ben Gersom, say this is so expressed to except the wife of a stranger, or a Gentile; but it means whether a Gentile or an Israelite; and which may be confirmed by the instance of Phinehas slaying a prince of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:11

And the man that lieth with his father's wife ,.... Whether she be his mother, or another woman, as the Targum of Jonathan; that is, whether she is his own mother, or a stepmother, or whether he did this in the lifetime of his father, or after his death, or whether she was betrothed or married, it mattered not; according to the Jewish tradition F4 Misn. ut supra, (Sanhedrin, c. 7.) sect. 4. , this is a breach of the law, Leviticus 18:8 ; and a man guilty of this hath uncovered his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:12

If a man lie with his daughter in law ,.... His son's wife, whether in the lifetime of his son, or after his death, or whether she was espoused or married, according to the above tradition F6 Misn. ut supra. (Sanhedrin, c. 7. sect. 4.) : both of them shall surely be put to death ; it being a breach of the law in Leviticus 18:15 ; and this is the penalty annexed to it, even death: they have wrought confusion : have been guilty of a shocking and shameful mixture, as Jarchi and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:13

If a man lie also with mankind, as he lieth with a woman ,.... Is guilty of the sin of sodomy, this is a breach of the law in Leviticus 18:22 , both of them have committed an abomination ; he that lies, and he that is lain with, both consenting to perpetrate the abominable wickedness; which may well be called an abomination, being contrary to nature, and more than brutish, for nothing of that kind is to be found among brutes: they shall surely be put to death ; if he that is lain... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:14

And if a man take a wife, and her mother ,.... Marry both the one and the other, or commit uncleanness with them, they consenting to it: it is wickedness ; abominable wickedness, shocking and detestable; there are other things, which also are wicked and not to be done, but this is extremely wicked, wickedness to a high degree: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they ; the man, the mother and her daughter both being married together to him, or both consenting to his lying... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:15

If a man lie with a beast ,.... A sin quite unnatural, exceeding shocking and detestable, forbid Leviticus 18:23 , he shall surely be put to death : by stoning, as the Targum of Jonathan adds; and this is the death such are condemned to in the Misnah F8 Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 7. sect. 4. : and ye shall slay the beast ; with clubs, as says the Targum of Jonathan; the reasons given in the Misnah F9 Ibid. , why the beast was to be slain, are, because ruin came to the man by... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:15

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