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Selected Verse: Leviticus 20:22 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Le 20:22 |
Strong Concordance |
Ye shall therefore keep [08104] all my statutes [02708], and all my judgments [04941], and do [06213] them: that the land [0776], whither I bring [0935] you to dwell [03427] therein, spue you not out [06958]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The ground is here again stated on which all these laws of holiness should be obeyed. See Lev 18:24-30 note.
Lev 20:24
Compare the margin reference.
Lev 20:25, Lev 20:26
The distinction between clean and unclean for the whole people, and not for any mere section of it, was one great typical mark of "the kingdom of priests, the holy nation." See the Lev 11:42 note.
Lev 20:25
Any manner of living thing that creepeth - Rather, any creeping thing; that is, any vermin. See Lev 11:20-23. The reference in this verse is to dead animals, not to the creatures when alive. |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The list of punishments concludes, like the prohibitions in Lev 18:24., with exhortations to observe the commandments and judgments of the Lord, and to avoid such abominations (on Lev 18:22 cf. Lev 18:3-5, Lev 18:26, Lev 18:28, Lev 18:30; and on Lev 18:23 cf. Lev 18:3 and Lev 18:24). The reason assigned for the exhortations is, that Jehovah was about to give them for a possession the fruitful land, whose inhabitants He had driven out because of their abominations, and that Jehovah was their God, who had separated Israel from the nations. For this reason (Lev 18:25) they were also to sever (make distinctions) between clean and unclean cattle and birds, and not make their souls (i.e., their persons) abominable through unclean animals, with which the earth swarmed, and which God had "separated to make unclean," i.e., had prohibited them from eating or touching when dead, because they defiled (see ch. 11). For (Lev 18:26) they were to be holy, because Jehovah their God was holy, who had severed them from the nations, to belong to Him, i.e., to be the nation of His possession (see Exo 19:4-6). |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out - See this energetic prosopopoeia explained in the note on Lev 18:25 (note). From this we learn that the cup of the iniquities of the Canaanitish nations was full; and that, consistently with Divine justice, they could be no longer spared. |
20 All fowls [05775] that creep [08318], going [01980] upon all four [0702], shall be an abomination [08263] unto you.
21 Yet these may ye eat [0398] of every flying [05775] creeping [08318] thing that goeth [01980] upon all four [0702], which have legs [03767] above [04605] their feet [07272], to leap [05425] withal [02004] upon the earth [0776];
22 Even these of them ye may eat [0398]; the locust [0697] after his kind [04327], and the bald locust [05556] after his kind [04327], and the beetle [02728] after his kind [04327], and the grasshopper [02284] after his kind [04327].
23 But all other flying [05775] creeping things [08318], which have four [0702] feet [07272], shall be an abomination [08263] unto you.
25 Ye shall therefore put difference [0914] between clean [02889] beasts [0929] and unclean [02931], and between unclean [02931] fowls [05775] and clean [02889]: and ye shall not make your souls [05315] abominable [08262] by beast [0929], or by fowl [05775], or by any manner of living thing that creepeth [07430] on the ground [0127], which I have separated [0914] from you as unclean [02930].
42 Whatsoever goeth [01980] upon the belly [01512], and whatsoever goeth [01980] upon all four [0702], or whatsoever hath more [07235] feet [07272] among all creeping things [08318] that creep [08317] upon the earth [0776], them ye shall not eat [0398]; for they are an abomination [08263].
26 And ye shall be holy [06918] unto me: for I the LORD [03068] am holy [06918], and have severed [0914] you from other people [05971], that ye should be mine.
25 Ye shall therefore put difference [0914] between clean [02889] beasts [0929] and unclean [02931], and between unclean [02931] fowls [05775] and clean [02889]: and ye shall not make your souls [05315] abominable [08262] by beast [0929], or by fowl [05775], or by any manner of living thing that creepeth [07430] on the ground [0127], which I have separated [0914] from you as unclean [02930].
24 But I have said [0559] unto you, Ye shall inherit [03423] their land [0127], and I will give [05414] it unto you to possess [03423] it, a land [0776] that floweth [02100] with milk [02461] and honey [01706]: I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430], which have separated [0914] you from other people [05971].
24 Defile [02930] not ye yourselves in any of these things [0428]: for in all these the nations [01471] are defiled [02930] which I cast out [07971] before [06440] you:
25 And the land [0776] is defiled [02930]: therefore I do visit [06485] the iniquity [05771] thereof upon it, and the land [0776] itself vomiteth out [06958] her inhabitants [03427].
26 Ye shall therefore keep [08104] my statutes [02708] and my judgments [04941], and shall not commit [06213] any of these abominations [08441]; neither any of your own nation [0249], nor any stranger [01616] that sojourneth [01481] among [08432] you:
27 (For all these [0411] abominations [08441] have the men [0582] of the land [0776] done [06213], which were before [06440] you, and the land [0776] is defiled [02930]
28 That the land [0776] spue not you out [06958] also, when ye defile [02930] it, as it spued out [06958] the nations [01471] that were before [06440] you.
29 For whosoever shall commit [06213] any of these abominations [08441], even the souls [05315] that commit [06213] them shall be cut off [03772] from among [07130] their people [05971].
30 Therefore shall ye keep [08104] mine ordinance [04931], that ye commit [06213] not any one of these abominable [08441] customs [02708], which were committed [06213] before [06440] you, and that ye defile [02930] not yourselves therein: I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
4 Ye have seen [07200] what I did [06213] unto the Egyptians [04714], and how I bare [05375] you on eagles [05404]' wings [03671], and brought [0935] you unto myself.
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey [08085] my voice [06963] indeed [08085], and keep [08104] my covenant [01285], then ye shall be a peculiar treasure [05459] unto me above all people [05971]: for all the earth [0776] is mine:
6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom [04467] of priests [03548], and an holy [06918] nation [01471]. These are the words [01697] which thou shalt speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
26 Ye shall therefore keep [08104] my statutes [02708] and my judgments [04941], and shall not commit [06213] any of these abominations [08441]; neither any of your own nation [0249], nor any stranger [01616] that sojourneth [01481] among [08432] you:
25 And the land [0776] is defiled [02930]: therefore I do visit [06485] the iniquity [05771] thereof upon it, and the land [0776] itself vomiteth out [06958] her inhabitants [03427].
24 Defile [02930] not ye yourselves in any of these things [0428]: for in all these the nations [01471] are defiled [02930] which I cast out [07971] before [06440] you:
3 After the doings [04639] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], wherein ye dwelt [03427], shall ye not do [06213]: and after the doings [04639] of the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], whither I bring [0935] you, shall ye not do [06213]: neither shall ye walk [03212] in their ordinances [02708].
23 Neither shalt thou [05414] lie [07903] with any beast [0929] to defile [02930] thyself therewith: neither shall any woman [0802] stand [05975] before [06440] a beast [0929] to lie down [07250] thereto: it is confusion [08397].
30 Therefore shall ye keep [08104] mine ordinance [04931], that ye commit [06213] not any one of these abominable [08441] customs [02708], which were committed [06213] before [06440] you, and that ye defile [02930] not yourselves therein: I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
28 That the land [0776] spue not you out [06958] also, when ye defile [02930] it, as it spued out [06958] the nations [01471] that were before [06440] you.
26 Ye shall therefore keep [08104] my statutes [02708] and my judgments [04941], and shall not commit [06213] any of these abominations [08441]; neither any of your own nation [0249], nor any stranger [01616] that sojourneth [01481] among [08432] you:
3 After the doings [04639] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], wherein ye dwelt [03427], shall ye not do [06213]: and after the doings [04639] of the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], whither I bring [0935] you, shall ye not do [06213]: neither shall ye walk [03212] in their ordinances [02708].
4 Ye shall do [06213] my judgments [04941], and keep [08104] mine ordinances [02708], to walk [03212] therein: I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430].
5 Ye shall therefore keep [08104] my statutes [02708], and my judgments [04941]: which [0834] if a man [0120] do [06213], he shall live [02425] in them: I am the LORD [03068].
22 Thou shalt not lie [07901] with mankind [02145], as with [04904] womankind [0802]: it is abomination [08441].
24 Defile [02930] not ye yourselves in any of these things [0428]: for in all these the nations [01471] are defiled [02930] which I cast out [07971] before [06440] you:
25 And the land [0776] is defiled [02930]: therefore I do visit [06485] the iniquity [05771] thereof upon it, and the land [0776] itself vomiteth out [06958] her inhabitants [03427].