--- title: "Bullinger" description: "spake. See note on Leviticus 5:14 . Again. See Leviticus 18:21 . This is so serious that it must be repeated. There, only a command; here, the penalty." image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/leviticus/20" --- **spake.** See note on [Leviticus 5:14](../../../kjv/leviticus/5/14) . **Again.** See [Leviticus 18:21](../../../kjv/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](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/21) , where this law follows that on incest; while here it precedes it. **man.** Hebrew ' *i* s *h* . App-14 . **holy.** See note on [Exodus 3:8](../../../kjv/exodus/3/8) . **the** = that. **family.** Compare [Ezekiel 18:2](../../../kjv/ezekiel/18/2) , and note the contrast. [Jeremiah 31:29](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/29) **soul.** Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 . **familiar spirits.** See note on [Leviticus 19:31](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/31) . **wizards.** See note on [Leviticus 19:31](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/31) . **the LORD** [Hebrew. *Jehovah.* your God [Hebrew. *Elohim.* Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint, read. "I am holy, Jehovah your God". **the LORDWhich sanctify you** = *Jehovah Mekad-dishkem,* one of the Jehovah titles. See App-4 . **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. **father's wife.** See [Leviticus 18:8](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/8) . **daughter in law.** See [Leviticus 18:15](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/15) . **mankind.** Hebrew "male". See [Leviticus 18:22](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/22) . **abomination.** See note on [Leviticus 18:22](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/22) . **wife and her mother.** See Ch. [Leviticus 18:17](../../../kjv/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](../../../kjv/genesis/24/12) . 2Sa 7:15 . [1 Chronicles 19:2](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/19/2) . [2 Chronicles 6:14](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/6/14) .[Job 37:13](../../../kjv/job/37/13) .[Psalms 103:4](../../../kjv/psalms/103/4) , [Psalms 103:8](../../../kjv/psalms/103/8) , [Psalms 103:11](../../../kjv/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](../../../kjv/proverbs/14/34) . **burnt** = burnt up: i.e. in judgment. Hebrew. *saraph.* App-43 . **beast.** See [Leviticus 18:23](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/23) . **sister.** See [Leviticus 18:9](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/9) . **sight of their People.** A special penalty is attached to this disgraceful thing. **iniquity** = perverseness. Hebrew ' *avon* . App-44 . **sickness.** See [Leviticus 15:24](../../../kjv/leviticus/15/24) ; [Leviticus 18:19](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/19) . **sin** = penalty. Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause). App-6 . **spue.** Compare [Leviticus 18:28](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/28) , where it is rendered "vomit". **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](../../../kjv/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) **difference** = separation, as in verse [Leviticus 20:24](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/24) . Compare [Leviticus 10:10](../../../kjv/leviticus/10/10) ; [Leviticus 11:47](../../../kjv/leviticus/11/47) . **souls.** Hebrew, plural of *nephesh.* App-13 . **severed** = separated, as in verses [Leviticus 20:24](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/24) and [Leviticus 20:25](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/25) . **familiar spirit.** See note on [Leviticus 19:31](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/31) . ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/leviticus/20#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","width":640,"height":370,"caption":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 20"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/leviticus/20#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/leviticus/20","name":"Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 20","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/leviticus/20#primaryimage"},"datePublished":null,"dateModified":null,"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"spake. 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