leviticus-20:26

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Leviticus 20:26

"Handfuls of Purpose" For All Gleaners "I...have severed you from other people." Lev 20:26 It is useless to cavil about such separations, because there they are, as a matter of indisputable fact in human history. Whoever made the differences, we have to acknowledge their existence, and to consider how best to treat them. There are highly-civilised nations, and there are nations absolutely without formal language or written records. There are nations living upon land which brings forth... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Leviticus 20:21-27

Let the Reader remark with me, in the perusal of these verses, the grounds on which the LORD enjoins sanctity of life and manners, and the very strong motives in which it is founded, namely, that the LORD is the GOD of his people in a covenant way, and that they are his people. So that being thus distinguished as the peculiar objects of his love, reason as well as revelation seems to demand that they should be the peculiar followers of his holy law. See what Moses elsewhere saith of this,... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:26

Mine. This is the reason of these different prescriptions, that they may know the dignity to which they have been raised, and may avoid the manners of the profane. (Calmet) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 20:10-27

10-27 These verses repeat what had been said before, but it was needful there should be line upon line. What praises we owe to God that he has taught the evil of sin, and the sure way of deliverance from it! May we have grace to adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things; may we have no fellowship with unfruitful works of darkness, but reprove them. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Leviticus 20:22-27

Admonition to Holiness v. 22. Ye shall therefore keep all My statutes and all My judgments, both general and special, and do them, that the land whither I bring you to dwell therein spue you not out, Leviticus 18:25-Hosea :. v. 23. And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation which I cast out before you, the nation of the Canaanites with all its branches; for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. This implies that the sins enumerated in the list above were... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Leviticus 20:1-27

FOURTH SECTIONPunishment for Unholiness“Keeping Holy the Holy Congregation by Cutting off Irreparable Transgression.”—LangeLeviticus 20:1-271And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3And I will set my face against that man, and will cut... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 20:1-27

Once more we have a repetition of laws already enunciated with the same persistent thought of responsibility. In this section we find the death sentence associated with certain forms of disobedience, and thus the fact of responsibility is lifted into a yet more clearly defined importance and lays a new and startling emphasis on the absolute authority of God. All the words which had thus been uttered for conditioning life were definite and positive laws. They were infinitely more than general... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 20:22-27

Israel Are Inheriting A Land Flowing With Milk And Honey And Must Not Defile It But Must Be Holy To Yahweh (Leviticus 20:22-27 ). Leviticus 20:22 “You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them; that the land, to which I bring you for you to dwell in it, does not vomit you out.” So they must be careful to keep all God’s statutes and all His ordinances, and do them, obeying all regulations and all commands. Then once they have arrived in the land they will not be... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 20:22-26

Leviticus 20:22-Ezekiel : . The Final Appeal, emphasizing the motive of separation from the customs of the original inhabitants, complementary to that of fear of defilement ( Leviticus 18:30). Refusal to make the due distinction between clean and unclean— here singled out as typical of full observance— entails expulsion by, as well as from, the land and rouses abhorrence (a strong and semi-physical loathing) in Yahweh Himself. Holiness in Israel’ s conduct is necessary as corresponding to... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Leviticus 20:1-27

Social and Moral CrimesSUGGESTIVE READINGSLeviticus 20:2.—Again thou shalt say to the children of Israel. These denunclations of sin (already denounced in ch. 18.) are to be repeated in the hearing of the nation. The holy God would have these social and moral commands reiterated that they may be emphasised upon the people’s attention. When sins are pleasant to us, when inclination leads us towards them, it is scarcely in human nature to halt at the first command to desist. Evil indulgence... read more