Leviticus 24:11-14

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 24:12

And they put him in ward ,.... In some prison, a place known in the camp, as Aben Ezra observes: that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them ; for, though this was a breach of the third command, in which God declares he would not hold such an one guiltless, Exodus 20:7 ; yet no particular punishment being expressed, it was not a clear case whether the Lord would punish for it himself, by an immediate stroke of his hand, or whether by the civil magistrate; and if by the latter, in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 24:13

And the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... From off the mercy seat in the holy of holies, where he had promised to meet him and commune with him about anything he should inquire of him, as he did at this time: saying ; as follows. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 24:14

Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp ,.... To show that he had no part nor lot in Israel, and that he was unworthy to be a member of their civil community, or of their church state; and, besides, the place of stoning, or where malefactors suffered any kind of death, was without the camp, as afterwards without the city, see Hebrews 13:12 , let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head ; the Targum of Jonathan adds,"and the judges;'so Jarchi remarks, that they that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 24:14

Lay their hands upon his head - It was by this ceremony that the people who heard him curse bore their public testimony in order to his being fully convicted, for without this his punishment would not have been lawful. By this ceremony also they in effect said to the man, Thy blood be upon thy own head. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 24:13

Verse 13 13.And the Lord spoke unto Moses. It must be remembered, then, that this punishment was not inflicted upon the blasphemer by man’s caprice, or the headstrong zeal of the people, but that Moses was instructed by Divine revelation what sentence was to be pronounced. It has been elsewhere stated (83) why God would have malefactors slain by the hands of the witnesses. Another ceremony is here added, viz., that they should lay their hands upon his head, as if to throw the whole blame upon... 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.

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 24:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 24:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 24:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 24:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 24:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 24:10-23

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