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. 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. 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. 19:11 Ye shall not steal, neither {d} deal falsely, neither lie one to another. (d) In that which is committed to your credit. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 19:35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in {o} meteyard, in weight, or in measure. (o) As in measuring the ground. 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 Ex 16:36 and of Hin, Ex 29:40. | |