Leviticus 19:5-8 NIV

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 19:5

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:5

Peace-offerings - See the notes at the conclusion of Leviticus 7 at Leviticus 7:38 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:7

It is be eaten - on the third day - See the note on Leviticus 7:15 . 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

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

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

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

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:1-37

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 19:1-37

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