Leviticus 19:1-14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 19:1-10

Moses is ordered to deliver the summary of the laws to all the congregation of the children of Israel (Lev. 19:2); not to Aaron and his sons only, but to all the people, for they were all concerned to know their duty. Even in the darker ages of the law, that religion could not be of God which boasted of ignorance as its mother. Moses must make known God's statutes to all the congregation, and proclaim them through the camp. These laws, it is probable, he delivered himself to as many of the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 19:11-18

We are taught here, I. To be honest and true in all our dealings, Lev. 19:11. God, who has appointed every man's property by his providence, forbids by his law the invading of that appointment, either by downright theft, You shall not steal, or by fraudulent dealing, ?You shall not cheat, or deal falsely.? Whatever we have in the world, we must see to it that it be honestly come by, for we cannot be truly rich, nor long rich, with that which is not. The God of truth, who requires truth in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... About the same, or quickly after he had delivered the above laws to him; and there are many in this chapter, which were before given, and here repeated: saying ; as follows. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:2

Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel ,.... They could not be all spoke to together, but tribe after tribe, or family after family; or rather the heads of the tribes, and at most the heads of families were convened, and the following instructions were given, to be communicated to their respective tribes and families. Jarchi says this section was spoken in the congregation, because the greater part of the body of the law, or the more substantial parts of it, depend upon... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:3

Ye shall fear every man his mother and his father ,.... This has respect to the fifth command, which is the first with promise, and is here referred to first, because a man has his beginning in the world from his parents, and by them he is trained up in the observance of all the other laws of God, equally to be respected; and the fear of them is not servile, but filial, joined with love and affection to them, and includes an inward esteem and reverence of them, an outward respect unto them,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:4

Turn ye not unto idols ,.... From the one only true and living God to them that are not gods, as the word used signifies, who are nothing; for, as the apostle says, an idol is nothing in the world, 1 Corinthians 8:4 , is of no worth and value, of no consequence and importance, of no avail and usefulness to its devotees; wherefore to turn from the true God to such as these is the greatest stupidity, as well as wickedness: or "look not" at them F7 אל תפנו "ne respiciatis", Montanus,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:5

And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord ,.... Which were of three sorts, a thanksgiving, a vow, and a voluntary offering, Leviticus 7:11 ; the latter seems to be here meant, as appears by what follows: ye shall offer it at your own will ; a voluntary freewill offering, of their own accord, and not by force, as Aben Ezra; and in such offerings they were left to their liberty to offer what they pleased, it might be of the flock, or of the herd, a male or a female, ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:6

It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow ,.... The meaning is, that if it could be, it was best to eat it all up the same day it was offered, but if not, the remainder was to be eaten on the morrow, but by no means to be kept any longer; this shows that that sort of peace offering is intended, which was either a vow or a voluntary offering, Leviticus 7:16 ; and the Jews gather from hence, that sacrifices were to be slain in the day, and not in the night F9 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:7

And if it be eaten at all on the third day ,.... Or "in eating be eaten" F11 האכל יאכל "comedendo, comedetur", Drusius. any of it be eaten, the least bit of it: it is abominable ; it is as any common thing, as if it was no sacrifice; yea, as if it was corrupt and putrefied flesh; nay, as what is abominable to God: and therefore it follows: it shall not be accepted ; of the Lord, but rejected, his will not being attended to. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:8

Therefore everyone that eateth it shall bear his iniquity ,.... Be chargeable with sin, be pronounced guilty, and endure the punishment, which is cutting off, Leviticus 7:20 , because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord ; the flesh of the peace offerings, by keeping it longer than the fixed time for it, when it was liable to corruption and putrefaction; for after the inwards and the fat of them were offered, as Aben Ezra says, the flesh was holy, and to be eaten as an... read more

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