Leviticus 19:2
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be
a holy: for I the LORD your God [am] holy.
(a) That is, void of all pollution, idolatry and superstition both of soul and body.
Leviticus 19:5
And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it
b at your own will.
(b) Of your own accord.
Leviticus 19:7
And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it [is] abominable; it shall not be
c accepted.
(c) To wit, of God.
Leviticus 19:11
Ye shall not steal, neither
d deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
(d) In that which is committed to your credit.
Leviticus 19:16
Thou shalt not
e go up and down [as] a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou
f stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I [am] the LORD.
(e) As a slanderer, backbiter, or quarrel picker.
(f) By consenting to his death, or conspiring with the wicked.
Leviticus 19:19
Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a
g diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
(g) As a horse to leap an ass, or a mule a mare.
Leviticus 19:23
And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye
h shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
(h) It shall be unclean as that thing, which is not circumcised.
Leviticus 19:26
Ye shall not eat [any thing] with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor
i observe times.
(i) To measure lucky or unlucky days.
Leviticus 19:27
Ye shall not
k round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
(k) As did the Gentiles in sign of mourning.
Leviticus 19:28
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any
l marks upon you: I [am] the LORD.
(l) By whipping your bodies or burning marks in them.
Leviticus 19:29
Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a
m whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
(m) As did the Cyprians, and Locrenses.
Leviticus 19:32
Thou shalt
n rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD.
(n) In token of reverence.
Leviticus 19:35
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in
o meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
(o) As in measuring the ground.
Leviticus 19:36
Just balances, just weights, a just
p ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
(p) By these two measures he means all other. Of Ephah, read ( Exodus 16:36 ) and of Hin, ( Exodus 29:40 ).
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