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Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 20:25

i.e. As things which by my sentence I have made unclean, and which you must avoid as such. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Leviticus 20:1-27

Social and Moral CrimesSUGGESTIVE READINGSLeviticus 20:2.—Again thou shalt say to the children of Israel. These denunclations of sin (already denounced in ch. 18.) are to be repeated in the hearing of the nation. The holy God would have these social and moral commands reiterated that they may be emphasised upon the people’s attention. When sins are pleasant to us, when inclination leads us towards them, it is scarcely in human nature to halt at the first command to desist. Evil indulgence... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:1-27

Chapter 20Chapter twenty, now God begins to get a little heavier. In chapter twenty God goes over some of the things He dealt with in chapter eighteen, only in chapter twenty telling that the violators of these things should be put to death. I know a lot of these sob sisters are crying out against capital punishment. But if we practice capital punishment as the Bible says, we wouldn't have near the crime problem that we have today.I don't know what's gone wrong with our judicial system, but we... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 20:1-27

Leviticus 20:2. Molech. See on Leviticus 18:21. Leviticus 20:3. I will cut him off. Ahaz gave his son to Molech, and the Lord afflicted his reign with miseries. Leviticus 20:7. Sanctify yourselves be ye holy; in the disposition of your minds, says Maimonides, and from heretical notions in doctrine. Secondly, from all corporeal pollutions, as it is said “their filthiness is in their skirts.” Thirdly, from exterior defilement by contact, for the words of the law suffer no... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Leviticus 20:2-27

Leviticus 20:2-27He shall surely be put to death.Penal sanctionsThis chapter, directly or indirectly, casts no little light on some most fundamental and practical questions regarding the administration of justice in dealing with criminals. We may learn here what, in the mind of the King of kings, is the primary object of the punishment of criminals against society. First and foremost is the satisfaction of outraged justice, and of the regal majesty of the supreme and holy God; the vindication... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Leviticus 20:25

Lev 20:25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. Ver. 25. Between clean beasts. ] How much more then shall you abstain from those unlawful copulations, whereby men put off all manhood, degenerate into dogs? Rom 1:27 Deuteronomy 23:18 2Sa 3:8 read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Leviticus 20:25

put difference: Leviticus 11:1-2 Corinthians :, Deuteronomy 14:3-Ecclesiastes :, Acts 10:11-Ezra :, Acts 10:28, Ephesians 5:7-1 Kings : abominable: Leviticus 11:43 creepeth: or, moveth Reciprocal: Genesis 3:14 - thou art Exodus 22:31 - neither Leviticus 10:10 - General Ezekiel 22:26 - put no Acts 10:14 - for read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 20:25

25. Clean beasts This law may be considered both as a sanitary regulation and also a barrier between Israel and all idolatrous nations. See Leviticus 11:2-8, notes. Your souls The word “souls” is here used for “selves.” See Isaiah 46:2. read more

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