Lev 24:15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. Ver. 15. Curseth his God. ] This is worse than blaspheming, as implying a deep and desperate malignity. There is a negative cursing of God, concerning which see Job 1:5 . See Trap on " Job 1:5 " read more
Lev 24:16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, [and] all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name [of the LORD], shall be put to death. Ver. 16. And he that blasphemeth. ] Swearers and blasphemers toss God’s name to and fro with such impiety and profaneness, as if their speech could have no grace but in his disgrace: as if Augustus Caesar were dealing with some god... read more
Reciprocal: Numbers 27:5 - General read more
without: Leviticus 13:46, Numbers 5:2-:, Numbers 15:35 all that: Deuteronomy 13:9, Deuteronomy 17:7 let all the: Leviticus 20:2, Leviticus 20:27, Numbers 15:35, Numbers 15:36, Deuteronomy 13:10, Deuteronomy 21:21, Deuteronomy 22:21, Joshua 7:25, John 8:59, John 10:31-Micah :, Acts 7:58, Acts 7:59 Reciprocal: Leviticus 24:23 - General Numbers 19:3 - without the camp Deuteronomy 17:5 - stone them Joshua 2:3 - Bring Joshua 5:9 - I rolled away John 10:33 - but John 19:17 - went Hebrews 2:2 -... read more
bear his sin: Leviticus 5:1, Leviticus 20:16, Leviticus 20:17, Numbers 9:13 Reciprocal: Exodus 18:16 - make Leviticus 19:12 - profane Leviticus 24:11 - blasphemed 1 Kings 21:10 - Thou didst blaspheme Job 2:5 - He will curse Ezekiel 23:35 - therefore read more
blasphemeth: As the word nakav not only signifies to curse, or blaspheme, but also to express, or distinguish by name (Numbers 1:17. 1 Chronicles 12:31. Isaiah 62:2), hence the Jews, at a very early period, understood this law as prohibiting them from uttering the name Jehovah, on any other than sacred occasions. The Septuagint, which was made at least 250 years before Christ, renders it םןלבזשם הו פן ןםןלב &ץסיןץ טבםבפש טבםבפןץףטש, "Whosoever nameth the name of the Lord, let him die;"... read more
Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.Lay their hands upon his head — Whereby they gave public testimony that they heard this person speak such words, and did in their own and all the peoples names, demand justice to be executed upon him, that by this sacrifice God might be appeased, and his judgments turned away from the people, upon whom they would certainly fall if he were... read more
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.Whosoever curseth his God — Speaketh of him reproachfully.Shall bear his sin — That is, the punishment of it; shall not go unpunished. read more
And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.He that blasphemeth the name of the Lord — This is a repetition of the same sin in other words, which is common. As this law is laid down in general terms, Leviticus 24:15, so both the sin and the punishment are particularly expressed, Leviticus... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Leviticus 24:14
Lev 24:14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard [him] lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. Ver. 14. And let all that heard him. ] The Jews at this day abhor the blasphemies of Christians, so openly and ordinarily darted up with hellish mouths against God. The Turks punish their prisoners sorely, when as, through impatience or desperateness, they break out into them. a a Spec. Europ. read more