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Leviticus Chapter 18

Leviticus

lev 18:0

Overview

Lev 18:1, Unlawful marriages, and unlawful lusts.

Leviticus 18:2

lev 18:2

Lev 18:4, Lev 11:44, Lev 19:3, Lev 19:4, Lev 19:10, Lev 19:34, Lev 20:7; Gen 17:7; Exo 6:7, Exo 20:2; Psa 33:12; Eze 20:5, Eze 20:7, Eze 20:19, Eze 20:20

Leviticus 18:3

lev 18:3

the doings: Psa 106:35; Eze 20:7, Eze 20:8, Eze 23:8; Eph 5:7-11; Pe1 4:2-4

and after: Lev 20:23; Exo 23:24; Deu 12:4, Deu 12:30, Deu 12:31; Jer 10:2, Jer 10:3; Rom 12:2

Leviticus 18:4

lev 18:4

Lev 18:26, Lev 19:37, Lev 20:22; Deu 4:1, Deu 4:2, Deu 6:1; Psa 105:45, Psa 119:4; Eze 20:19, Eze 36:27; Eze 37:24; Luk 1:6; Joh 15:14

Leviticus 18:5

lev 18:5

which if a man do: Eze 20:11, Eze 20:13, Eze 20:21; Luk 10:28; Rom 10:5; Gal 3:12

I am the Lord: Exo 6:2, Exo 6:6, Exo 6:29; Mal 3:6

Leviticus 18:6

lev 18:6

near to kin: Heb. remainder of his flesh. Notwithstanding the prohibitions here, it must be evident, that in the infancy of the world, persons very near of kin, and even brothers and sisters, must have joined in matrimonial alliances; and therefore we cannot pronounce them immoral in themselves. But, in these first instances, necessity required it; but when this necessity no longer existed, the thing became inexpedient and improper for:

1. As human nature now is, it is very expedient that those who are so much together in youth, should, by such a restriction be taught to look upon all such intercourse as prohibited and incestuous; for unless such restrictions are made, it would be impossible to prevent the prevalence of very early corruption among young persons. (See Michaelis on the laws of Moses, Art. 108.)

2. That the duties owing by nature to relatives might not be confounded with those of a social or political kind; for could a man be a brother and a husband, or a son and a husband at the same time, and fulfil the duties of both? Impossible.

3. That by intermarrying with other families, relationship and its endearments might be diffused. These prohibitions are, therefore, to be considered so eminently moral obligations as to be observed by all mankind.

to uncover: Lev 18:7-19, Lev 20:11, Lev 20:12, Lev 20:17-21

Leviticus 18:7

lev 18:7

Lev 20:11; Eze 22:10

Leviticus 18:8

lev 18:8

Lev 20:11; Gen 35:22, Gen 49:4; Deu 22:30, Deu 27:20; Sa2 16:21, Sa2 16:22; Eze 22:10; Amo 2:7; Co1 5:1

Leviticus 18:9

lev 18:9

Lev 20:17; Deu 27:22; Sa2 13:11-14; Eze 22:11

Leviticus 18:12

lev 18:12

Lev 20:19; Exo 6:20

Leviticus 18:14

lev 18:14

Lev 20:20

Leviticus 18:15

lev 18:15

Lev 20:12; Gen 38:18, Gen 38:19, Gen 38:26; Eze 22:11

Leviticus 18:16

lev 18:16

Lev 20:21; Deu 25:5; Mat 14:3, Mat 14:4, Mat 22:24; Mar 6:17, Mar 12:19; Luk 3:19

Leviticus 18:17

lev 18:17

a woman: Lev 20:14; Deu 27:23; Amo 2:7

it is wickedness: Lev 20:14

Leviticus 18:18

lev 18:18

wife: or, one wife to another, Gen 4:19, Gen 29:28; Exo 26:3

to vex her: Gen 30:15; Sa1 1:6-8; Mal 2:15

Leviticus 18:19

lev 18:19

Lev 15:19, Lev 15:24, Lev 20:18; Eze 18:6, Eze 22:10

Leviticus 18:20

lev 18:20

Lev 20:10; Exo 20:14; Deu 5:18, Deu 22:22, Deu 22:25; Sa2 11:3, Sa2 11:4, Sa2 11:27; Pro 6:25, Pro 6:29-33; Mal 3:5; Mat 5:27, Mat 5:28; Rom 2:22; Co1 6:9; Gal 5:19; Heb 13:4

Leviticus 18:21

lev 18:21

pass through: Molech signifies a king, or governor, of similar import with Baal, lord, or governor; and it is generally supposed that the sun was worshipped under this name; and more particularly as the fire appears to have been so much employed in his worship. It seems clear that children were not only consecrated to him by passing through the fire, which appears to be alluded to here, but that they were actually made a burnt offering to him (see the parallel passages). That the several abominations afterwards mentioned were actually practised by many heathen nations is abundantly attested by their own writers. Lev 20:2; Deu 12:31, Deu 18:10; Kg2 16:3, Kg2 21:6, Kg2 23:10; Psa 106:37, Psa 106:38; Jer 7:31; Jer 19:5; Eze 20:31, Eze 23:37

to Molech: Kg1 11:7, Kg1 11:33; Amo 5:26; Act 7:43, Moloch.

profane: Lev 19:12, Lev 20:2-5, Lev 21:6, Lev 22:2, Lev 22:32; Eze 36:20-23; Mal 1:12; Rom 1:23, Rom 2:24

Leviticus 18:22

lev 18:22

Lev 20:13; Gen 19:5; Jdg 19:22; Kg1 14:24; Rom 1:26, Rom 1:27; Co1 6:9; Ti1 1:10; Jde 1:7

Leviticus 18:23

lev 18:23

any beast: Lev 20:15, Lev 20:16; Exo 22:19

confusion: Lev 20:12

Leviticus 18:24

lev 18:24

Defile: Lev. 18:6-23, Lev 18:30; Jer 44:4; Mat 15:18-20; Mar 7:10-23; Co1 3:17

for: Lev 20:22, Lev 20:23; Deu 12:31, Deu 18:12

Leviticus 18:25

lev 18:25

the land: Num 35:33, Num 35:34; Psa 106:38; Isa 24:5; Jer 2:7, Jer 16:18; Eze 36:17, Eze 36:18; Rom 8:22

therefore: Psa 89:32; Isa 26:21; Jer 5:9, Jer 5:29, Jer 9:9, Jer 14:10, Jer 23:2; Hos 2:13, Hos 8:13, Hos 9:9

vomiteth: Lev 18:28, Lev 20:22

Leviticus 18:26

lev 18:26

keep: Lev 18:5, Lev 18:30; Deu 4:1, Deu 4:2, Deu 4:40, Deu 12:32; Psa 105:44, Psa 105:45; Luk 8:15, Luk 11:28; Joh 14:15, Joh 14:21-23, Joh 15:14

nor any stranger: Lev 17:8, Lev 17:10

Leviticus 18:27

lev 18:27

Lev 18:24; Deu 20:18, Deu 23:18, Deu 25:16, Deu 27:15; Kg1 14:24; Kg2 16:3, Kg2 21:2; Ch2 36:14; Eze 16:50, Eze 22:11; Hos 9:10

Leviticus 18:28

lev 18:28

Lev 18:25, Lev 20:22; Jer 9:19; Eze 36:13, Eze 36:17; Rom 8:22; Rev 3:16

Leviticus 18:29

lev 18:29

Lev 17:10, Lev 20:6

Exo 12:15

Leviticus 18:30

lev 18:30

abominable: Lev 18:3, Lev 18:26, Lev 18:27, Lev 20:23; Deu 18:9-12

that ye defile: Lev 18:24

I am: Lev 18:2, Lev 18:4


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