leviticus-20:10,-deuteronomy-22:22-niv

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

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:1-27

Chapter 20Chapter twenty, now God begins to get a little heavier. In chapter twenty God goes over some of the things He dealt with in chapter eighteen, only in chapter twenty telling that the violators of these things should be put to death. I know a lot of these sob sisters are crying out against capital punishment. But if we practice capital punishment as the Bible says, we wouldn't have near the crime problem that we have today.I don't know what's gone wrong with our judicial system, but we... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 20:1-27

Leviticus 20:2. Molech. See on Leviticus 18:21. Leviticus 20:3. I will cut him off. Ahaz gave his son to Molech, and the Lord afflicted his reign with miseries. Leviticus 20:7. Sanctify yourselves be ye holy; in the disposition of your minds, says Maimonides, and from heretical notions in doctrine. Secondly, from all corporeal pollutions, as it is said “their filthiness is in their skirts.” Thirdly, from exterior defilement by contact, for the words of the law suffer no... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Leviticus 20:2-27

Leviticus 20:2-27He shall surely be put to death.Penal sanctionsThis chapter, directly or indirectly, casts no little light on some most fundamental and practical questions regarding the administration of justice in dealing with criminals. We may learn here what, in the mind of the King of kings, is the primary object of the punishment of criminals against society. First and foremost is the satisfaction of outraged justice, and of the regal majesty of the supreme and holy God; the vindication... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Leviticus 20:10

Lev 20:10 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. Ver. 10. Shall surely be put to death. ] Adultery was death long before this law. Genesis 26:11 ; Gen 38:24 So it was afterwards among the Greeks, Romans, and many other nations. Jer 29:22-23 read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Leviticus 20:10

the adulterer: Deuteronomy 22:22-Jeremiah :, 2 Samuel 12:13, Ezekiel 23:45-2 Corinthians :, 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... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 20:10

10. The adulterer and the adulteress In the Mosaic law adultery is committed only through the unchastity of a wife. A husband commits this crime only with the free wife of another. See Exodus 20:14, note. Put to death If the adulteress was another’s slave, the penalty was milder, probably corporeal punishment. The allowance of polygamy implies that the wife has no such exclusive right to the husband as the husband has to the wife. In many countries the adulteress has suffered capital... read more