John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:32
Thou shall rise up before the hoary head ,.... Or "before old age" F17 מפני שיבה "ante canitiem", Pagninus; so Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. , which may be discerned by the hoary or grey hairs upon the head; that is, before a grey-headed man, or an old man, and one was reckoned so when he was of seventy years of age; for so it is said F18 Pirke Abot, c. 5. sect. 21. , one of sixty years is arrived to old age, and one of seventy to grey hairs. Fagius... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 19:30-37
Here is, I. A law for the preserving of the honour of the time and place appropriated to the service of God, Lev. 19:30. This would be a means to secure them both from the idolatries and superstitions of the heathen and from all immoralities in conversation. 1. Sabbaths must be religiously observed, and not those times mentioned (Lev. 19:26) to which the heathen had a superstitious regard. 2. The sanctuary must be reverenced: great care must be taken to approach the tabernacle with that purity... read more