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G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 19:1-37

The more positive habits of separation are insisted on by the repetition of laws already given, with one reiterated emphasis, namely, the fact that the God of this people is Jehovah. There was, first, a general call to holiness based upon the essential reason, 'Ye shall be holy; for I Jehovah your God am holy." This is the profoundest reason that can possibly be assigned. The holiness of Jehovah must be exemplified in His people. Every departure from the pathway of holiness is a profaning of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:23-25

Care For Trees (Leviticus 19:23-25 ). Leviticus 19:23 “And when you shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then you shall count its fruit thereof as their uncircumcision, three years shall they be as uncircumcised to you, it shall not be eaten.” When they arrive in the land and begin to plant trees they are to allow them to grow for three years without picking their fruit. They are to look on them as though they were like uncircumcised babes, not yet a... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:19-25

Leviticus 19:19-Lamentations : . Holiness in Farm Life and between the Sexes.— Hybrids are forbidden; a rule which, with its curious extensions, is found in Deuteronomy 22:9 f.; but contrast 2 Samuel 13:29, 1 Kings 10:25, Ezekiel 27:14; mules were highly valued in Palestine. Perhaps some magical heathen practice is the real object of the prohibition. [Mixtures of wool and cotton played a part in magic, and that probably accounts for the prohibition of “ two kinds of stuff,” which is explained... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 19:24

Consecrated to the Lord, as the first-fruits and tithes were, and therefore given to the priests and Levites, Numbers 18:12,Numbers 18:13; Deuteronomy 18:4; yet so that part of them were communicated to the poor widows, and fatherless, and strangers. See Deuteronomy 14:28,Deuteronomy 14:29. To praise the Lord withal; to bless the Lord, by whose power and goodness the trees bring forth fruit to perfection. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Leviticus 19:1-37

Practical Piety: Religion in all RelationshipsSUGGESTIVE READINGSLeviticus 19:2.—Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say: Nowhere else in the whole of Leviticus does this direction to address “all the congregation” occur; a fact which indicates the importance of this section of the decalogue. And in the precepts of this chapter, traversing the entire range of personal, social, and religious life, we have the law summarized—“the whole duty of man” in epitome.Reverence... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:1-37

Chapter 19Now God continues in this same vein, as He moves into chapter nineteen.Speak unto all of the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy. You shall reverence every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: for I am the Lord your God. [Notice the repetition over and over, "I am the Lord your God, you're not to have idols, and... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 19:1-37

The leading precepts of the law are here repeated to give them new force, and with many additions and illustrations, that they might be better understood. Most of these having already been explained, the reader may refer to the places by the marginal references of the bible. Leviticus 19:9. Not wholly reap. No nation is well governed that is unmindful of the poor. Allowing them some indulgencies, and the means of providing a little store for winter is a great industry; and is at the same... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Leviticus 19:23-25

Leviticus 19:23-25In the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy.The law regarding fruit-treesThe explanation of this peculiar regulation is to be found in a special application of the principle which rules throughout the law--that the firstfruit shall always be consecrated unto God. But in this case the application of the principle is modified by the familiar fact that the fruit of a young tree, for the first few years of its bearing, is apt to be imperfect; it is not yet sufficiently... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Leviticus 19:24

Lev 19:24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD [withal]. Ver. 24. Shall be holy, ] i.e., They shall be given the priests as firstfruits. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Leviticus 19:24

all the: Numbers 18:12, Numbers 18:13, Deuteronomy 12:17, Deuteronomy 12:18, Deuteronomy 14:28, Deuteronomy 14:29, Deuteronomy 18:4, Proverbs 3:9 holy to praise the Lord withal: Heb. holiness of praises to the Lord Reciprocal: Leviticus 22:27 - seven days Joshua 6:19 - consecrated read more

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