Leviticus 19:3

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

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:3

Ye shall fear every man his mother, etc. - Ye shall have the profoundest reverence and respect for them. See Clarke's note on Genesis 48:12 , and see Clarke's note on Exodus 20:8 , and see Clarke's note on Exodus 20:12 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:3

Verse 3 Since this passage unquestionably relates to the explanation of the Fifth Commandment, it confirms what I have before shown, that the honor which God-commands to be paid to parents, does not consist in reverence only, but also embraces obedience. For the reverence which He now prescribes will render children submissive and compliant. Now, then, we more clearly understand how parents are to be honored, when God exhorts their children to beware of offending them; for this is, in a word,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:1-37

These four laws are, in their positive aspects, In Leviticus 20:11 , Leviticus 20:14 , Leviticus 20:16 , 35, 36, obedience is inculcated to the eighth and the ninth commandments, which are the laws of honesty and of truthfulness; in Leviticus 20:12 to the third commandment, which is the law of reverence; in Leviticus 20:17 , Leviticus 20:18 , 33, 34, to the sixth commandment, which is the law of love; in Leviticus 20:20 , 29, to the seventh commandment, which is the law of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:1-37

Religion and superstition. It is not always easy or even possible to distinguish between religion and superstition. We may fall into the latter when we are seeking to practice the former; or we may, from undue fear of the latter, neglect the former. In this chapter the Jews were taught (and we are thereby encouraged) to avoid the one, and to perfect the other in the fear of God. I. THE SUPERSTITION WHICH WAS TO BE SHUNNED . 1 . Clearly and decisively everything that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:1-37

Social morality. cf. Matthew 22:35-40 ; Romans 12:1-21 ; James, passim. From the primary principle of unworldliness, we now have to proceed to sundry details about social morality. Although these details are given indiscriminately, it is yet possible to discern certain great principles among them. And— I. ALL SOCIAL MORALITY IS MADE TO REST ON OUR RELATION TO GOD HIMSELF . In the Decalogue we have social morality, that is, our duty to man, based upon... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:3

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father. The words fear and reverence are in this connection interchangeable. So Ephesians 5:33 , "Let the wife see that she reverence her husband," where the word "reverence" would be more exactly translated by "fear." St. Paul points out that the importance of the fifth commandment is indicated in the Decalogue by its being" the first commandment with promise," that is, with a promise attached to it ( Ephesians 6:2 ). The family life is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:3

The laws of submission 1. The family is an institution of God's appointment ( Genesis 1:28 ; Genesis 2:24 ). The command to children to honour their father and mother is distinguished in the Decalogue by a blessing attached to it ( Exodus 20:12 ; Ephesians 6:2 ); and a special blessing is bestowed on the house of the Rechabites for obeying it ( Jeremiah 35:18 ). St. Paul enjoins the observance of the duty, both as an act right in itself and as positively commanded in God's Law... read more

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