blood. Figure of speech Metalepsis, App-6 , "bloods", put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct) for guilt, and "guilt" put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for penalty.
wickedness = disgraceful thing. Hebrew. chesed ( App-44 ). Chesed is a Homonym : i.e. another word, spelled the same. It means (1) mercy, grace, goodness (Genesis 24:12 . 2Sa 7:15 . 1 Chronicles 19:2 . 2 Chronicles 6:14 .Job 37:13 .Psalms 103:4 , Psalms 103:8 , Psalms 103:11 , &c. But here (2) it is chesed, a disgraceful or reproachful thing. It is so taken here and in Proverbs 14:34 .
burnt = burnt up: i.e. in judgment. Hebrew. saraph. App-43 .
manners = statutes. It was this that brought down the judgment of extermination. No other remedy would do. These nations were descended from the nephilim (see App-25 ), who like those who were destroyed by the Flood, were "after that" (Genesis 6:4 ) to be destroyed by the sword of Israel.
nation. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "nations" (plural)
Verse 1
spake. See note on Leviticus 5:14 .
Verse 2
Again. See Leviticus 18:21 . This is so serious that it must be repeated. There, only a command; here, the penalty.
children. Hebrew sons.
Molech. The king-idol. See note on Leviticus 18:21 , where this law follows that on incest; while here it precedes it.
Verse 3
man. Hebrew ' i s h . App-14 .
holy. See note on Exodus 3:8 .
Verse 4
the = that.
Verse 5
family. Compare Ezekiel 18:2 , and note the contrast. Jeremiah 31:29
Verse 6
soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 .
familiar spirits. See note on Leviticus 19:31 .
wizards. See note on Leviticus 19:31 .
Verse 7
the LORD [Hebrew. Jehovah. your God [Hebrew. Elohim. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint, read. "I am holy, Jehovah your God".
Verse 8
the LORDWhich sanctify you = Jehovah Mekad-dishkem, one of the Jehovah titles. See App-4 .
Verse 9
every one. Hebrew ' i sh 'ish. App-14 .
blood. Figure of speech Metalepsis, App-6 , "bloods", put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct) for guilt, and "guilt" put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for penalty.
Verse 11
father's wife. See Leviticus 18:8 .
Verse 12
daughter in law. See Leviticus 18:15 .
Verse 13
mankind. Hebrew "male". See Leviticus 18:22 .
abomination. See note on Leviticus 18:22 .
Verse 14
wife and her mother. See Ch. Leviticus 18:17 .
wickedness = disgraceful thing. Hebrew. chesed ( App-44 ). Chesed is a Homonym : i.e. another word, spelled the same. It means (1) mercy, grace, goodness (Genesis 24:12 . 2Sa 7:15 . 1 Chronicles 19:2 . 2 Chronicles 6:14 .Job 37:13 .Psalms 103:4 , Psalms 103:8 , Psalms 103:11 , &c. But here (2) it is chesed, a disgraceful or reproachful thing. It is so taken here and in Proverbs 14:34 .
burnt = burnt up: i.e. in judgment. Hebrew. saraph. App-43 .
Verse 15
beast. See Leviticus 18:23 .
Verse 17
sister. See Leviticus 18:9 .
sight of their People. A special penalty is attached to this disgraceful thing.
iniquity = perverseness. Hebrew ' avon . App-44 .
Verse 18
sickness. See Leviticus 15:24 ; Leviticus 18:19 .
Verse 20
sin = penalty. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause). App-6 .
Verse 22
spue. Compare Leviticus 18:28 , where it is rendered "vomit".
Verse 23
manners = statutes. It was this that brought down the judgment of extermination. No other remedy would do. These nations were descended from the nephilim (see App-25 ), who like those who were destroyed by the Flood, were "after that" (Genesis 6:4 ) to be destroyed by the sword of Israel.
nation. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "nations" (plural)
Verse 25
difference = separation, as in verse Leviticus 20:24 . Compare Leviticus 10:10 ; Leviticus 11:47 .
souls. Hebrew, plural of nephesh. App-13 .
Verse 26
severed = separated, as in verses Leviticus 20:24 and Leviticus 20:25 .
Verse 27
familiar spirit. See note on Leviticus 19:31 .