Leviticus 19:9-15 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

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 19:9

And when ye reap the harvest of your land ,.... Of the land of Canaan, when come into it, which having sown, and it was harvest, either barley harvest or wheat harvest, or both, and especially the latter, to which reaping seems best to agree: thou shall not wholly reap the corner of the field ; but a part was to be left for the poor. This follows upon the peace offerings: and, as Aben Ezra observes, as the fat of them was to be given to God, so somewhat of the harvest was to be given for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:10

And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard ,.... Or cut off the little clusters which are, as Aben Ezra observes, like an infant, as the word signifies, infant clusters, which were small in comparison of the large ones, as infants are to men; those which had but a grape or two, or very few upon them, were not to be cut off, but left for the poor: and Gersom says, if the whole vine consisted of such clusters, it all belonged to the poor: neither shall thou gather every grape of thy vineyard ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:11

Ye shall not steal ,.... Which is the eighth command; See Gill on Exodus 20:15 ; though Jarchi thinks something different from that law is here intended; that this is a caution against stealing of money, that in the decalogue against stealing of souls, or men. And it may be observed, that one is expressed in the singular number, the other in the plural, as here, and takes in more; not the actual thief only, but he that sees and is silent, who, as Aben Ezra observes, is even as the thief;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:12

And ye shall not swear by my name falsely ,.... Or "to a falsehood" F24 לשקר "ad fallaciam ullam", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; so Ainsworth. , to any of the above cases; as that a man has not the deposit of another's in his hands, when he has; or that such a man owes him so much money, when he does not, or any other false thing. Stealing, dealing falsely, lying, and false swearing, are mentioned together, as following one another, and as tending to lead on, the one to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:13

Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him ,.... Not defraud him secretly, nor rob him openly and by force, as Aben Ezra; not defraud him in buying and selling, in retaining wages due to him, and refusing to return to him what has been committed to trust, or to repay him what has been borrowed of him: the Vulgate Latin is, "thou shall not calumniate him ", or get anything from him, by raising a calumny upon him; nor rob him by coming into his house, or entering into his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:14

Thou shalt not curse the deaf ,.... Who are naturally so, born deaf, or become so through some accident, and cannot hear what is objected to them, and they are cursed for; and so cannot reply in their own defence, and remove the calumny cast upon them, if it be such which is the cause of their being cursed; and therefore there is something mean and base as well as wicked in cursing such: the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan render it, "him that heareth not", and respects any absent person who... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:15

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment ,.... This is said with respect to judges and witnesses, as Aben Ezra notes; that the one should not bear false witness in a court of judicature to the perversion of justice, and the other should not pronounce an unrighteous sentence, justifying the wicked and condemning the righteous: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor ; that is, in judgment, or in a court of judicature, when a cause of his is brought before it; though privately his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:9

When ye reap the harvest - Liberty for the poor to glean both the corn-fields and vineyards was a Divine institution among the Jews; for the whole of the Mosaic dispensation, like the Christian, breathed love to God and benevolence to man. The poor in Judea were to live by gleanings from the corn-fields and vine yards. To the honor of the public and charitable spirit of the English, this merciful law is in general as much attended to as if it had been incorporated with the Gospel. read more

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 19:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 19:9

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