The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:1-8
Purity in worship. The laws set out in this chapter were before communicated to Aaron and his sons; now they are given to the people ( Leviticus 19:1 , Leviticus 19:2 ). It is the privilege and duty of God's people to acquaint themselves with his will. They should learn the Law from the lips of Moses. They should learn the gospel from the lips of Jesus. It is a maxim of antichrist that" Ignorance is the mother of devotion" The mother of devotion, viz. to superstition, it is (see 1... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:1-2
Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy. Holiness. I. THE UNIVERSAL REQUIREMENT . "Speak unto all the congregation," etc. 1 . No exception. "All have sinned." 2 . The nature of man requires him to be holy. The relation between man and God. The laws of God not mere arbitrary decrees, but the expression, in positive relation to the freedom of man, of the Eternal Reality of the universe. 3 . The universality of revelation is the universality of responsibility.... read more