Leviticus 24:11-Numbers 4:47

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-23

Evil manners, we say, beget good laws. We have here an account of the evil manners of a certain nameless mongrel Israelite, and the good laws occasioned thereby. I. The offender was the son of an Egyptian father and an Israelitish mother (Lev. 24:10); his mother was of the tribe of Dan, Lev. 24:11. Neither he nor his father is named, but his mother only, who was an Israelite. This notice is taken of his parentage either, 1. To intimate what occasioned the quarrel he was engaged in. The Jews... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 24:11

And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord , and cursed ,.... As they were striving together, or when the trial was over, he being cast, fell into outrageous blasphemies against God, who made such laws for the civil polity of Israel, and cursed the judges that had given sentence against him; so the Targum of Jonathan; and so the Jews generally understand by the "name" blasphemed, the name Jehovah, which he spake out plainly, and which, they say, is ineffable, and ought... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-12

A blasphemer punished. An incident is here inserted that explains part of the Law by pointing to its origin. It is a practical illustration that throws lurid light upon the possibility and consequences of transgression. I. THE SIN . It is described as blasphemy. 1 . A sin of the tongue. Not the light matter some deem it. The tongue can cut like a sword. We need to take heed to our ways, lest we sin with the tongue. The prayer befits us, "Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth."... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-16

The crime of blasphemy. cf. 2 Chronicles 26:10-23 ; Daniel 5:1-4 , Daniel 5:30 . The sanctity of the Name of God is distinctly declared in the third commandment. There the Lord declared that he would not hold the blasphemer "guiltless." But it was not till the incident now before us that God showed his sense of the enormity of the crime. He here puts it into the category of capital crimes, and decrees the death of every blasphemer, whether he be a stranger or one born in the land. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-23

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-23

Shelomith's son. Here a narrative is introduced into the midst of a code of laws; but this is done as a preamble to enactments of whose publication the case was the occasion. We notice— I. THE CRIME OF THIS SON OF SHELOMITH . 1 . It was blaspheming the God of Israel. 2 . Strife was its occasion. 3 . Race was the origin of the strife. II. THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE BLASPHEMER . 1 . His witnesses arrested him. 2 . They kept him in ward... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-23

A suggestive episode. We have an affecting illustration in these verses of the truth that "The Law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient,… for unholy and profane" ( 1 Timothy 1:9 ). The announcement of the Law is broken by the account of this transgression, and the transgression itself gives occasion for the enactment of other statutes ( Leviticus 24:15-22 ). The story and the statutes suggest— I. WHAT LASTING EVIL MAY ACCRUE FROM AN ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-23

The law of death. Blasphemy, murder, willful injury, whether by Israelite or stranger, judged and punished on the principle of compensation without mercy (cf. Isaiah 12:1-6 ; Romans 11:1-36 ). I. Here is the evil of a fallen nature and an apostate people set forth (see Romans 1:1-32 , Romans 2:1-29 ). "All have sinned." Israel itself is defiled. II. The contrast suggested between the law of death and the law of life (cf. Sermon on the Mount and Romans 7:1-25 , Romans... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:11

In the course of the straggle the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed . The word nakav is here rightly translated blasphemeth (cf. Leviticus 24:14 , Leviticus 24:16 , Leviticus 24:23 ), but the words of the Lord should be omitted, as they are not found in the original, and are not required. The LXX . have rendered nakav by a word meaning pronounced, and on this misunderstanding, adopted by the Jews, has been founded the Jewish precept... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 24:11

Leviticus 24:11. The name of the Lord The words of the Lord, or of Jehovah, are supplied out of Leviticus 24:16, where they are expressed; here they are omitted, perhaps for the aggravation of his crime. He blasphemed the name So called by way of eminence; that name which is above every name; that name which a man should in some sort tremble to mention; which is not to be named without cause, or without reverence. And cursed Not the Israelite only, but his God also, as appears... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 24:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 24:11

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