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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 12:14 - If ye will Ezra 7:26 - whether it be Jeremiah 7:31 - which I Ezekiel 16:21 - to pass
2.
Again, 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.
Whosoever: Leviticus 17:8, Leviticus 17:13, Leviticus 17:15
giveth: Leviticus 18:21, Deuteronomy 12:31, Deuteronomy 18:10, 2 Kings 17:17, 2 Kings 23:10, 2 Chronicles 28:3, 2 Chronicles 33:6, Psalms 106:38, Isaiah 57:5, Isaiah 57:6, Jeremiah 7:31, Jeremiah 32:35, Ezekiel 16:20, Ezekiel 16:21, Ezekiel 20:26, Ezekiel 20:31, Ezekiel 23:37, Ezekiel 23:39, Acts 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: Leviticus 20:27, Leviticus 24:14, Leviticus 24:23, Numbers 15:35, Numbers 15:36, Deuteronomy 13:10, Deuteronomy 13:11, Deuteronomy 17:5-7, Deuteronomy 21:21, Acts 7:58, Acts 7:59
Reciprocal: Joshua 7:25 - all Israel 1 Kings 11:5 - Milcom 2 Kings 16:3 - made his son 2 Kings 21:6 - he made Ezekiel 14:7 - of the stranger Amos 5:26 - the tabernacle of your Moloch
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And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
I will set: Leviticus 17:10, 1 Peter 3:12
to defile: Numbers 19:20, Ezekiel 5:11, Ezekiel 23:38, Ezekiel 23:39
profane: Leviticus 18:21, Ezekiel 20:39, 2 Corinthians 6:16
Reciprocal: Leviticus 17:4 - be cut off Leviticus 22:2 - that they profane not Leviticus 23:30 - General Numbers 15:30 - doeth ought Deuteronomy 31:16 - and go a 2 Kings 21:6 - he made Jeremiah 21:10 - I have Jeremiah 23:30 - General Ezekiel 14:8 - I will set Ezekiel 15:7 - I will set Amos 2:7 - to profane Malachi 2:12 - cut 1 Corinthians 3:17 - any
4.
And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:
hide: Acts 17:30
and kill: Deuteronomy 13:8, Deuteronomy 17:2-5, Joshua 7:12, 1 Samuel 3:13, 1 Samuel 3:14, 1 Kings 20:42, Revelation 2:14
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 22:1 - hide thyself
5.
Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
I will: Leviticus 17:10
against his: Exodus 20:5, Jeremiah 32:28-35, Jeremiah 32:39
whoring: Leviticus 17:7, Psalms 106:39, Jeremiah 3:2, Hosea 2:5, Hosea 2:13
Reciprocal: Exodus 34:15 - whoring Leviticus 23:30 - General Leviticus 26:17 - set 2 Chronicles 21:11 - fornication Jeremiah 2:9 - with your Jeremiah 44:11 - I will Hosea 4:12 - gone
6.
And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
familiar: Leviticus 20:27, Leviticus 19:26, Leviticus 19:31, Deuteronomy 18:10-14, Isaiah 8:19
go: Exodus 34:15, Exodus 34:16, Numbers 15:39, Psalms 73:27, Ezekiel 6:9, Hosea 4:12
cut him: 1 Chronicles 10:13, 1 Chronicles 10:14, In 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.
Reciprocal: Genesis 41:8 - the magicians of Egypt Exodus 22:18 - General Leviticus 18:29 - General Leviticus 23:30 - General Leviticus 26:17 - set Numbers 15:30 - doeth ought 1 Samuel 15:23 - witchcraft 1 Samuel 28:3 - put away 2 Chronicles 33:6 - he observed Psalms 106:39 - went Isaiah 2:6 - and are Jeremiah 44:11 - I will Malachi 3:5 - the sorcerers Acts 8:9 - used Acts 13:6 - certain 1 Peter 3:12 - but
7.
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 11:44, Leviticus 19:2, Ephesians 1:4, Philippians 2:12, Philippians 2:13, Colossians 3:12, 1 Thessalonians 4:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:7, Hebrews 12:14, 1 Peter 1:15, 1 Peter 1:16
Reciprocal: Leviticus 18:2 - General Leviticus 19:31 - General Leviticus 20:26 - the Lord Leviticus 21:8 - for I Joshua 3:5 - Sanctify 1 Samuel 16:5 - sanctify yourselves Ezekiel 20:7 - I am Ezekiel 37:23 - but
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And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
And ye: Leviticus 18:4, Leviticus 18:5, Leviticus 19:37, Matthew 5:19, Matthew 7:24, Matthew 12:50, John 13:17, James 1:22, Revelation 22:14
sanctify: Leviticus 21:8, Exodus 31:13, Ezekiel 20:12, Ezekiel 37:28, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 2 Thessalonians 2:13
Reciprocal: Leviticus 22:16 - for I Leviticus 22:32 - hallow you Deuteronomy 4:1 - unto the statutes 1 Samuel 16:5 - sanctify yourselves Ezekiel 37:23 - but
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For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
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. Exodus 21:17, Deuteronomy 27:16, Proverbs 20:20, Proverbs 30:11, Proverbs 30:17, Matthew 15:4, Mark 7:10
his blood: Leviticus 20:11-13, Leviticus 20:16, Leviticus 20:27, Joshua 2:19, Judges 9:24, 2 Samuel 1:16, 1 Kings 2:32, Matthew 27:25
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 2:37 - thy blood Ezekiel 18:13 - blood Ezekiel 22:7 - set Ezekiel 33:4 - his blood Acts 18:6 - Your 1 Timothy 1:9 - murderers
10.
And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
the adulterer: Deuteronomy 22:22-24, 2 Samuel 12:13, Ezekiel 23:45-47, John 8:4, John 8:5
Reciprocal: Genesis 20:9 - a great Genesis 38:24 - let her Genesis 39:9 - how then Exodus 20:14 - General Leviticus 18:20 - General Numbers 5:13 - General Numbers 5:31 - bear Numbers 15:30 - doeth ought Judges 19:3 - speak Job 31:11 - an iniquity Psalms 50:18 - hast been partaker Proverbs 6:29 - he that Jeremiah 5:7 - they then Ezekiel 16:38 - as women Ezekiel 18:6 - neither hath defiled Ezekiel 22:11 - committed Malachi 3:5 - the sorcerers Matthew 1:19 - a public Matthew 5:27 - Thou Romans 7:3 - So then
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And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Leviticus 18:8, Deuteronomy 27:20, Deuteronomy 27:23, Amos 2:7, 1 Corinthians 5:1
their: Leviticus 20:9
Reciprocal: Leviticus 18:6 - to uncover Leviticus 18:7 - General Deuteronomy 22:30 - a man shall Joshua 2:19 - his blood 2 Samuel 1:16 - Thy blood 2 Samuel 16:21 - unto thy 1 Chronicles 5:1 - forasmuch Ezekiel 18:13 - blood Ezekiel 22:10 - discovered Ezekiel 33:4 - his blood Acts 18:6 - Your
12.
And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
lie: Leviticus 18:15, Genesis 38:16, Genesis 38:18, Deuteronomy 27:23
confusion: Leviticus 18:23
Reciprocal: Leviticus 18:6 - to uncover Ezekiel 22:11 - hath lewdly Acts 18:6 - Your
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If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Leviticus 18:22, Genesis 19:5, Deuteronomy 23:17, Judges 19:22, Romans 1:26, Romans 1:27, 1 Corinthians 6:9, 1 Timothy 1:10, Jude 1:7
Reciprocal: Genesis 19:7 - General Ezekiel 33:26 - work
14.
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
a wife: Leviticus 18:17, Deuteronomy 27:23, Amos 2:7
burnt: Leviticus 21:9, Joshua 7:15, Joshua 7:25
15.
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
Leviticus 18:23, Exodus 22:19, Deuteronomy 27:21
Reciprocal: Exodus 19:13 - whether Exodus 21:28 - the ox
16.
And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
And if a woman: We are assured by Herodotus - in Euterp that the abominations here referred to existed among the Egyptians, and even formed part of their superstitious religious system, and we have reason to believe that they were not uncommon among the Canaanites. - See note on Leviticus 18:24, Leviticus 18:25. Need we wonder then, that God should have made laws of this nature, and appointed the punishment of death for these crimes? This one observation will account for many of those strange prohibitions which we find in the Mosaic law.
and the beast: Exodus 19:13, Exodus 21:28, Exodus 21:32, Hebrews 12:20
Reciprocal: Exodus 22:19 - General Leviticus 17:4 - be cut off Leviticus 18:23 - any beast Leviticus 20:9 - his blood Leviticus 24:15 - bear his sin 2 Samuel 1:16 - Thy blood
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And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus 18:9, Genesis 20:12, Deuteronomy 27:22, 2 Samuel 13:12, Ezekiel 22:11
Reciprocal: Leviticus 5:1 - bear Leviticus 7:18 - bear Leviticus 17:16 - General Leviticus 18:6 - to uncover Leviticus 24:15 - bear his sin Numbers 5:31 - bear 2 Samuel 13:4 - my brother
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And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
having: Leviticus 15:24, Leviticus 18:19, Ezekiel 18:6, Ezekiel 22:10
discovered: Heb. made naked
Reciprocal: Leviticus 15:19 - and her issue Leviticus 15:33 - and of him Leviticus 17:4 - be cut off Mark 5:29 - fountain
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And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
mother's: Leviticus 18:12, Leviticus 18:13-30, Exodus 6:20
uncovereth: Leviticus 18:6
Reciprocal: Exodus 28:43 - bear not iniquity Leviticus 7:18 - bear Leviticus 17:16 - General Numbers 14:34 - shall ye bear
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And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
uncle's wife: Leviticus 18:14
childless: Job 18:19, Psalms 109:13, Jeremiah 22:30, Luke 1:7, Luke 1:25, Luke 23:29
Reciprocal: Exodus 28:43 - bear not iniquity Leviticus 17:16 - General Numbers 9:13 - bear his sin Numbers 18:22 - bear sin Luke 20:29 - and died
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And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
his brother's: Leviticus 18:16, Matthew 14:3, Matthew 14:4
an unclean thing: Heb. a separation
Reciprocal: Mark 6:18 - It is
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Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.
statutes: Leviticus 18:4, Leviticus 18:5, Leviticus 18:26, Leviticus 19:37, Psalms 19:8-11, Psalms 105:45, Psalms 119:80, Psalms 119:145, Psalms 119:171, Ezekiel 36:27
judgments: Exodus 21:1, Deuteronomy 4:45, Deuteronomy 5:1, Psalms 119:20, Psalms 119:106, Psalms 119:160, Psalms 119:164, Psalms 119:175, Isaiah 26:8, Isaiah 26:9
spue you: Leviticus 18:25-28, Leviticus 26:33, Deuteronomy 28:25, Deuteronomy 28:26
Reciprocal: Leviticus 18:24 - for Leviticus 18:28 - General 1 Kings 21:26 - according to 2 Chronicles 33:2 - like unto Isaiah 24:5 - defiled Jeremiah 9:19 - our Ezekiel 31:11 - I have driven Ezekiel 33:26 - and shall Hosea 9:3 - shall not Micah 2:10 - because
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And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
in the manners: Leviticus 18:3, Leviticus 18:24, Leviticus 18:30, Deuteronomy 12:30, Deuteronomy 12:31, Jeremiah 10:1, Jeremiah 10:2
therefore: Leviticus 18:27, Deuteronomy 9:5, Psalms 78:59, Zechariah 11:8
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:11 - abhor Leviticus 26:30 - my soul Numbers 33:56 - General Deuteronomy 12:4 - General 1 Kings 21:26 - according to 2 Chronicles 33:2 - like unto Psalms 5:5 - thou Psalms 106:40 - insomuch Ezekiel 31:11 - I have driven
24.
But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.
But I: Exodus 3:8, Exodus 3:17, Exodus 6:8
a land: Milk and honey were the chief dainties of the ancients as they are now among the Arabs, particularly the Bedouins. Hence not only the Hebrews, but also the Greeks and Romans, painted the highest pleasantness and fertility by an abundance of milk and honey. The image used in the text, and frequently by ancient authors on similar subjects, is a metaphor, derived from a breast, producing copious streams of milk.
which: Leviticus 20:26, Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, Exodus 33:16, Numbers 23:9, Deuteronomy 7:6, Deuteronomy 14:2, 1 Kings 8:53, John 15:19, 2 Corinthians 6:17, 1 Peter 2:9
Reciprocal: Genesis 43:11 - honey Exodus 33:3 - a land Numbers 13:27 - General Numbers 16:14 - Moreover Numbers 35:34 - Defile not Deuteronomy 27:3 - a land 1 Samuel 8:20 - General Nehemiah 10:28 - all they Jeremiah 11:5 - a land Ezekiel 20:6 - flowing Romans 1:1 - separated
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Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
put difference: Leviticus 11:1-47, Deuteronomy 14:3-21, Acts 10:11-15, Acts 10:28, Ephesians 5:7-11
abominable: Leviticus 11:43
creepeth: or, moveth
Reciprocal: Genesis 3:14 - thou art Exodus 22:31 - neither Leviticus 10:10 - General Ezekiel 22:26 - put no Acts 10:14 - for
26.
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
the Lord: Leviticus 20:7, Leviticus 19:2, Psalms 99:5, Psalms 99:9, Isaiah 6:3, Isaiah 30:11, 1 Peter 1:15, 1 Peter 1:16, Revelation 3:7, Revelation 4:8
severed: Leviticus 20:24, Deuteronomy 7:6, Deuteronomy 14:2, Deuteronomy 26:18, Deuteronomy 26:19, Titus 2:14
Reciprocal: Genesis 48:5 - are mine Exodus 19:6 - and an Leviticus 10:10 - General Leviticus 11:44 - ye shall Numbers 6:2 - When Deuteronomy 18:10 - that useth divination Malachi 2:11 - profaned Matthew 5:48 - ye 1 Thessalonians 5:23 - sanctify
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A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.
a familiar: Leviticus 20:6, Leviticus 19:31, Exodus 22:18, Deuteronomy 18:10-12, 1 Samuel 28:7-9
their blood: Leviticus 20:9
Reciprocal: Leviticus 20:2 - the people Leviticus 24:14 - let all the Deuteronomy 13:10 - stone him 1 Samuel 15:23 - witchcraft 1 Samuel 28:3 - put away 2 Samuel 1:16 - Thy blood 2 Kings 23:24 - that he might Ezekiel 18:13 - blood Malachi 3:5 - the sorcerers