Chapter 18

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Lev 18:4, Lev 11:44, Lev 19:3-4, Lev 19:10, Lev 19:34, Lev 20:7; Gen 17:7; Exod 6:7, Exod 20:2; Ps 33:12; Ezek 20:5, Ezek 20:7, Ezek 20:19-20


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the doings Ps 106:35; Ezek 20:7-8, Ezek 23:8; Eph 5:7-11; 1Pet 4:2-4

and after Lev 20:23; Exod 23:24; Deut 12:4, Deut 12:30-31; Jer 10:2-3; Rom 12:2


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Lev 18:26, Lev 19:37, Lev 20:22; Deut 4:1-2, Deut 6:1; Ps 105:45, Ps 119:4; Ezek 20:19, Ezek 36:27; Ezek 37:24; Luke 1:6; John 15:14


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

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


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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 20:11-12, Lev 20:17-21


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Lev 20:11; Ezek 22:10


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Lev 20:11; Gen 35:22, Gen 49:4; Deut 22:30, Deut 27:20; 2Sam 16:21-22; Ezek 22:10; Amos 2:7; 1Cor 5:1


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Lev 20:17; Deut 27:22; 2Sam 13:11-14; Ezek 22:11


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Lev 20:19; Exod 6:20


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Lev 20:20


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


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Lev 20:21; Deut 25:5; Matt 14:3-4, Matt 22:24; Mark 6:17, Mark 12:19; Luke 3:19


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a woman Lev 20:14; Deut 27:23; Amos 2:7

it is wickedness Lev 20:14


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

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


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


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Lev 20:10; Exod 20:14; Deut 5:18, Deut 22:22, Deut 22:25; 2Sam 11:3-4, 2Sam 11:27; Prov 6:25, Prov 6:29-33; Mal 3:5; Matt 5:27-28; Rom 2:22; 1Cor 6:9; Gal 5:19; Heb 13:4


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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; Deut 12:31, Deut 18:10; 2Kgs 16:3, 2Kgs 21:6, 2Kgs 23:10; Ps 106:37-38; Jer 7:31; Jer 19:5; Ezek 20:31, Ezek 23:37

to Molech 1Kgs 11:7, 1Kgs 11:33; Amos 5:26; Acts 7:43, Moloch.

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


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Lev 20:13; Gen 19:5; Judg 19:22; 1Kgs 14:24; Rom 1:26-27; 1Cor 6:9; 1Tim 1:10; Jude 1:7


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any beast Lev 20:15-16; Exod 22:19

confusion Lev 20:12


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Defile Lev 18:6-23, Lev 18:30; Jer 44:4; Matt 15:18-20; Mark 7:10-23; 1Cor 3:17

for Lev 20:22-23; Deut 12:31, Deut 18:12


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

therefore Ps 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


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keep Lev 18:5, Lev 18:30; Deut 4:1-2, Deut 4:40, Deut 12:32; Ps 105:44-45; Luke 8:15, Luke 11:28; John 14:15, John 14:21-23, John 15:14

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


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Lev 18:24; Deut 20:18, Deut 23:18, Deut 25:16, Deut 27:15; 1Kgs 14:24; 2Kgs 16:3, 2Kgs 21:2; 2Chr 36:14; Ezek 16:50, Ezek 22:11; Hos 9:10


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


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Lev 17:10, Lev 20:6

Exod 12:15


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

that ye defile Lev 18:24

I am Lev 18:2, Lev 18:4


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