Lev 20:1-13, Deu 28:1-14, Jos 24:14, 20, Psa 81:12-15, Isa 3:10 | TSK | STEP | Of him that gives of his seed to Moloch. Of him that favours such an one. Of going to wizards. Of sanctification. Of him that curses his parents. Of adultery. Of incest. Of sodomy. Of bestiality. Of uncleanness. Obedience is required with holiness. Wizards must be put to death.

Leviticus 20:1-13

1 Of him that gives of his seed to Moloch.

4 Of him that favours such an one.

6 Of going to wizards.

7 Of sanctification.

9 Of him that curses his parents.

10 Of adultery.

11 Of incest.

13 Of sodomy.

15 Of bestiality.

18 Of uncleanness.

22 Obedience is required with holiness.

27 Wizards must be put to death.

Whosoever.

17:8,13,15

giveth.

18:21; De 12:31; 18:10; 2Ki 17:17; 23:10; 2Ch 28:3; 33:6; Ps 106:38

Isa 57:5,6; Jer 7:31; 32:35; Eze 16:20,21; 20:26,31; 23:37,39

Ac 7:43

Moloch. Molech.The Rabbins describe this idol as made of brass sitting upon a throne of the same metal, in the form of a man, with the head of a calf, adorned with a royal crown, and his arms extended as if to embrace any one. When they offered any children to him, they heated the statue by a great fire kindled within, and the victim was put into his arms, and thus consumed. Others relate, that the idol, which was hollow, was divided into seven compartments within; in one of which they put flour, in the second turtles, in the third a ewe, in the fourth a ram, in the fifth a calf, in the sixth an ox, and the seventh a child; which were all burnt together by heating the statue inside. The account which Diodorus (l. xx.) gives of the statue of Saturn, to which the Carthaginians, descendants of the Canaanites, sacrificed their children, is very similar. For they had a brazen stature of Saturn, stretching out his hands towards the ground, in such a manner that the children placed within them tumbled down into a pit full of fire. To this account Milton alludes, in Paradise Lost, B. 1. 392.

the people.

27; 24:14,23; Nu 15:35,36; De 13:10,11; 17:5-7; 21:21; Ac 7:58,59

I will set.

17:10; 1Pe 3:12

to defile.

Nu 19:20; Eze 5:11; 23:38,39

profane.

18:21; Eze 20:39; 2Co 6:16

hide.

Ac 17:30

and kill.

De 13:8; 17:2-5; Jos 7:12; 1Sa 3:13,14; 1Ki 20:42; Re 2:14

I will.

17:10

against his.

Ex 20:5; Jer 32:28-35,39

whoring.

17:7; Ps 106:39; Jer 3:2; Ho 2:5,13

familiar.

27; 19:26,31; De 18:10-14; Isa 8:19

go.

Ex 34:15,16; Nu 15:39; Ps 73:27; Eze 6:9; Ho 4:12

cut him.

1Ch 10:13,14In the days of Moses, superstition was almost the {sensus communis} of the human race, which then made severe punishment necessary: by means of the Christian dispensation such errors are now exploded, the cultivation of philosophy and natural history having harmonised and contributed their feebler share of light, so that we no longer have to deplore mischiefs occasioned by the silly curiosity attempting to unfold future events.

11:44; 19:2; Eph 1:4; Phm 2:12,13; Col 3:12; 1Th 4:3,7; Heb 12:14

1Pe 1:15,16

And ye.

18:4,5; 19:37; Mt 5:19; 7:24; 12:50; Joh 13:17; Jas 1:22; Re 22:14

sanctify.

21:8; Ex 31:13; Eze 20:12; 37:28; 1Co 1:30; 1Th 5:23; 2Th 2:13

curseth.The term {yekallel} signifies not only to curse, but to speak contemptuously, disrespectfully, or to make light of a person: so that all speeches which have a tendency to lessen our parents in the eyes of others, or to render their judgment, piety, etc., suspected or contemptible, is here included; though the act of cursing, or of treating the parent with injurious or opprobrious language, is what is particularly intended. He who conscientiously keeps the fifth commandment, can be in no danger of the judgment here denounced.

Ex 21:17; De 27:16; Pr 20:20; 30:11,17; Mt 15:4; Mr 7:10

his blood.

11-13,16,27; Jos 2:19; Jud 9:24; 2Sa 1:16; 1Ki 2:32; Mt 27:25

the adulterer.

De 22:22-24; 2Sa 12:13; Eze 23:45-47; Joh 8:4,5

18:8; De 27:20,23; Am 2:7; 1Co 5:1

their.

lie.

18:15; Ge 38:16,18; De 27:23

confusion.

18:23

18:22; Ge 19:5; De 23:17; Jud 19:22; Ro 1:26,27; 1Co 6:9; 1Ti 1:10

Jude 1:7

Deuteronomy 28:1-14

1 The blessings for obedience.

15 The curses for disobedience.

If thou shalt.

11:13; 15:5; 27:1; Ex 15:26; Le 26:3-13; Ps 106:3; 111:10; Isa 1:19

Isa 3:10; 55:2,3; Jer 11:4; 12:16; 17:24; Lu 11:28

to do all.

Ps 119:6,128; Lu 1:6; Joh 15:14; Ga 3:10; Jas 2:10,11

will set.

26:19; Ps 91:14; 148:14; Lu 9:48; Ro 2:7

come on thee.

15,45; Zec 1:6; 1Ti 4:8

in the city.

Ps 107:36,37; 128:1-5; 144:12-15; Isa 65:21-23; Zec 8:3-5

in the field.

Ge 26:12; 39:5; Am 9:13,14; Hag 2:19; Mal 3:10,11

11; 7:13; Ge 22:17; 49:25; Le 26:9; Ps 107:38; 127:3; 128:3; Pr 10:22

Pr 13:22; 20:7; 1Ti 4:8

thy basket.By basket, may be understood the olive-gathering and vintage, in which it was employed; and by the store or remainder, all laid up for future use, or prepared for present consumption.

store. or, dough, or kneading troughs.

31:2; Nu 27:17; 2Sa 3:25; 2Ch 1:10; Ps 121:8

shall cause.

25; 32:30; Le 26:7,8; 2Sa 22:38-41; Ps 89:23

flee before.

Jos 8:22; 10:10,11,42; 1Sa 7:3,4,10,11; 2Ch 14:2-6,9-15; 19:4

2Ch 20:22-25; 31:20,21; 32:21,22

command.

Le 25:21; Ps 42:8; 44:4; 133:3

storehouses. or, barns.

Le 26:4,5,10; 2Ki 6:27; Ps 144:13; Pr 3:9,10; Hag 2:19; Mal 3:10,11

Mt 6:26; 13:30; Lu 12:18,24,25

settest.

15:10

establish.

7:6; 26:18,19; 29:13; Ge 17:7; Ex 19:5,6; Ps 87:5; Isa 1:26; 62:12

2Th 3:3; Tit 2:14; 1Pe 2:9-11; 5:10

sworn.

7:8; 13:17; 29:12; Ex 19:5,6; Jer 11:5; Heb 6:13-18

And all.

Mal 3:12

called.

Nu 6:27; 2Ch 7:14; Isa 63:19; Da 9:18,19

and they shall.

4:6-8; 11:25; Ex 12:33; 14:25; Jos 5:1; 1Sa 18:12-15,28,29

1Ch 14:17; Jer 33:9; Re 3:9

plenteous.

4; 30:9; Le 26:9; Pr 10:22

in goods. or, for good. body. Heb. belly.

Job 19:17; Ps 132:11; *margins

open.

11:14; Le 26:4; Job 38:22; Ps 65:9-13; 135:7; Joe 2:23,24

to bless all.

14:29; 15:10

lend.

44; 15:6; Pr 22:7

the head.

Nu 24:18,19; Isa 9:14,15

if that thou.

1; 4:6-9; Php 1:27

thou shalt.

5:32; 11:16,26-28; Jos 23:6; 2Ki 22:2; Pr 4:26,27

the right.

Isa 30:21

Joshua 24:14

fear.

De 10:12; 1Sa 12:24; Job 1:1; 28:28; Ps 111:10; 130:4; Ho 3:5

Ac 9:31

serve.

23; Ge 17:1; 20:5,6; De 18:13; 2Ki 20:3; Ps 119:1,80; Lu 8:15

Joh 4:23,24; 2Co 1:12; Eph 6:24; Php 1:10

put.From this exhortation of Joshua, we not only learn that the Israelites still retained some relics of idolatry, but to what gods they were attached. 1. Those whom their fathers worshipped on the other side of the food, or the river Euphrates, i.e., the gods of the Chaldeans, fire, light, the sun, etc. 2. Those of the Egyptians, Apis, Anubis, serpents, vegetables, etc. 3. Those of the Amorites, Moabites, Canaanites, etc., Baal-peor, Astarte, etc. How astonishing is it, that after all that God had done for them, and all the miracles they had seen, there should still be found among them both idols and idolaters!

2,23; Ge 35:2; Ex 20:3,4; Le 17:7; Ezr 9:11; Eze 20:18; Am 5:25,26

in Egypt.

Eze 20:7,8; 23:3